With over 80,000 Airbnb listings in the UK, and a rising number of new hosts in Dorset, there’s been a notable increased focus on fire safety in homes where paying guests stay overnight – especially after a number of fire break-out cases being reported recently.

A dedicated Alarm Receiving Centre (or ARC for short) is a centralised telephone based team of SIA Licensed Operators that keep a trained, watchful eye on homes and business premises in a particular region.