About Us
WELCOME TO SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS & RISK SOLUTIONS
S.I.R.S was created to meet the growing need for professional security investigation and risk solutions in New Zealand and around the world, we understand the increasing threats globally and domestically and provide high quality security services and world-class training, mentoring for industry professionals. With a combination of military, domestic and international security experience to counter this threat S.I.R.S provides adaptable and effective protection for what matters to you, your company or your event. We excel at providing the highest quality security services and training in close protection, maritime security, hostile environment, firearms training, door supervision, private investigations, surveillance and CCTV operations.
All S.I.R.S operators hold the required standards and qualifications, we operate in accordance with New Zealand and Global security practice. To ensure high standards all S.I.R.S staff complete a review of their qualifications which include a police check and background vetting every 6 months. The training and courses offered by S.I.R.S are accredited by Highfield an industry recognised internationally.
Our Team
Lee Savage
Lee is a highly motivated and dedicated professional Security Specialist, With a Diploma in Security and Risk management. Lee is highly experienced in Security management, threat analysis, risk management and implementing security operations globally.
Former Solider with over 17 years of military service predominately in the British Army culminating in 2 years of service in New Zealand Defence Force. Accustomed to working in high risk environments which include several deployments in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Northern Ireland. Able to lead supervise and train teams Lee has led highly skilled teams during some of these deployments. His extensive experience in operational deployments is reflected in him earning the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (UK) which is awarded to soldiers who have accumulated 1080 days or more in a combat theatre.
After leaving the Military Lee then completed 6 years as a Private security operator providing Close Protection and Maritime security services, nationally and internationally.
Lee is passionate about providing the highest levels of professional security services for his clients.
With values of Family, Teamwork, Integrity, Comradeship and maintaining the highest possible professional and personal standards have become the foundation that SIRS and Savage Protection are built on. Therefore, Lee insists that he monitors and mentors the development and qualifications of his team as well as having them complete police checks bi-annually.
James Hamelink
North Island Operations Manager
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S J DEETIEFS
SIRS LTD South African Partner
Former student from SIRS LTD turned international operative with vast experience working in different countries around the world, protecting clientele that vary from high net individuals to celebrities. With his Tactical training working alongside Elite Task teams in Hostile environments he proves to have key skills and knowledge in being a highly successful operator. Putting all his knowledge about the security industry – he opened an international security company called Metro SWAT International and is now partnered with SIRS LTD, broadening the spectrum and field of training with international partnerships
Solise C G Pratt
Solise comes from the private and government security background and possesses a vast amount of knowledge of the global security industry. He’s a security manager, specialist and a field agent, he enojoyes being on the field around the Africa Continent and beyond. Solise has taught and operated throughout the Africa world and brings a huge wealth of knowledge and operational experience to SIRS. A highly motivated and dedicated member of the SIRS Ltd team, Solise is responsible for maintaining the ongoing high training standards and selection for both current and new SIRS Ltd operators in Africa, he has a vast experience of more than 10 years as fully trained, qualified and experienced Operator as an international security instructor and Security Manager.
Salah Joumaah
SIRS Ltd Iraq Director.
Salah has a background in the private security industry in Iraq and possesses a vast amount of knowledge in the oil and gas security industry in Iraq. He started working for the major private security companies’ oil and gas industry in 2010 when he moved back to Iraq from New Zealand. Salah started in oil and gas industry as a static guard protecting the oil fields in Basra. Within 6 months Salah was selected to attend PSD team leader course held in Basra where he achieved distinction, he was then promoted to PSD team leader/ interpreter for the private security company he was responsible for managing the local PSD team and planning all the requirements for the client.
2014 Salah was recruited by am major security company to work in the operations room as a senior team leader interpreter. He oversaw all operations that required the local national security teams from PSD to static guards. Meeting the clients’ requirements’ and delegating the local PSD teams for each task making sure the teams are trained and ready to deploy.
Salah reached the position of operations manager for the local nationals’ this is where he found his place for the security industry feeling he could make a difference to the security in Iraq.
Mohamas Al-issa
Mohamad successfully completed his (HONS) Bachelor of Business Management with Finance Management from Manchester Metropolitan University to add to his extensive experience in Security Logistics. Mohamad has solid knowledge in the Logistics and Supply Chain field within the Oil and Gas Industry in Iraq. He has a proven history of Business coordination and Supplier relationships successfully negotiating multimillion-dollar contracts.
Serge Artieu
Ukrainian Project Manager
Serge Artieu has been with S.I.R.S. last six years as a consultant, co-ordinator and business advisor for Eastern European Region projects.
Serge acquired highly polished skills working for more them twenty years with New Zealand Government which include risk and stress assessment and management, sensitive information gathering and analysis, working with documents and reports preparation.
He has extensive experience working in harsh environment and training and communicating with people of different nationalities and culture.
Serge has a university degree in engineering and is an expert in martial arts and self-defence.
