When It Goes Wrong in Broward, Who Actually Shows Up?
ARDENT is based in Sunrise, in the middle of Broward County, with Officers working properties across the county every day. Guard Services, Fire Watch, Event Security, and Executive Protection, run by people who know the area and a Supervisor who checks the work.
Broward Is Home Base.
Plenty of security companies serving Broward run it from somewhere else. ARDENT's headquarters is at 4790 Hiatus Rd in Sunrise, in the geographic middle of the county. That isn't a marketing detail. It's the reason a short-notice call in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, or Coral Springs is answered by a team that already works here, not one sent down a highway.
Officers who know the county
From the coastal high-rises to the western suburbs, our Officers work Broward properties every day. They know the routes, the response times, and the difference between a slow night in Weston and one in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Ready when it can't wait
A provider that no-showed, or a fire panel down tonight. Our Emergency Response Team is a standing bench of Officers kept ready for exactly that, often on site within 24 hours, and Fire Watch sooner.
The same standard, every site
Two nights during a renovation or Officers on your property every day of the year, the standard doesn't change. Post orders written for your site, Supervisor checks, and reporting you'll actually read.
Being close only counts if the work behind it is real. In Broward, that work takes four forms.
Four Ways We Protect What Matters.
Whatever sent you looking, it's probably one of these. Each is run the same way across the county, and each has its own page if you want the detail.
Guard Services
Armed and unarmed Officers for buildings, communities, businesses, and construction sites. Site-specific post orders, ERT site checks, and reporting sent to you. Broward's multifamily, HOA, and municipal work is the heart of what we do here.
Learn moreFire Watch
Code-compliant Fire Watch when a fire system goes down, often on site fast when the panel fails at the worst hour. Foot patrol, a real written log, and coordination with your building's fire official.
Learn moreEvent Security
Access control and crowd management for events of any size across Broward, planned around your venue instead of a guard count pulled from a floor plan.
Learn moreExecutive Protection
Discreet close protection for executives, families, physicians, and public figures, sized to the actual risk rather than a show of force.
Learn moreFour services, one way of running them. That way has a name, and it's the reason people stay.
Putting an Officer on a Post
Is the Easy Part.
The ARDENT Operating Standard is the name we give to five things that happen around every Officer we place, on every Broward site, whether it's two nights or five years.
Post Orders for Your Site
Written for your property, built with you during startup, and kept current as the site changes.
Trained, Vetted Officers
Every ARDENT Officer completes 16 hours of ARDENT training on top of Florida's required 40-hour Class D certification, before they ever stand a post.
ERT Site Checks
Scheduled and unannounced. An Emergency Response Team Officer verifies the post against the orders, then tells you what they found.
Reporting You'll Read
Clear, concise, complete, accurate. Sent to you. Not filed somewhere for us.
A 30-Day Startup
Six defined phases, from assessment to first shift. A process, not a hope.
Most security problems aren't caused by a bad Officer. They're caused by a company that placed one and walked away.
That's the standard we hold. The fairer question is whether anyone here will vouch that we hold it.
Proof That Stays in the County.
The City of Oakland Park is one of ARDENT's deepest relationships anywhere, a Broward municipality we've served across dozens of engagements. Municipal work is public, checkable, and unforgiving. That's the kind of client that tells you something. Alongside it, ARDENT covers multifamily communities, HOAs, construction sites, medical offices, and events across the county.
"We hired Ardent to protect our neighborhood, they are fantastic about communication and the staff is very friendly. We've noticed a drastic reduction in traffic in the community and have a much better sense of safety when the Ardent team is present."
"Even on short notice Ardent has had officers onsite the next day after we request them. The officers have always been very professional to work with."
Reliable coverage is the promise. One kind of call tests it faster than any other.
When a Fire System Goes Down,
the Clock Is Already Running.
What the code says
Florida follows the state Fire Prevention Code. When a fire alarm is out of service for more than four hours in a day, or a sprinkler system for ten or more, the standard calls for an approved fire watch until it's restored.
A real Fire Watch is a trained person on foot patrol with a written log, and nothing else on their plate. It is not a guard already working the site, and it is not a drive-by.
Who has the final say
Broward's municipalities and the county publish their own amendments, so the fire official for your building has the final word on what's required. We confirm the requirement with them before the first shift, not after.
If your Officer is doing both regular security and the Fire Watch and a fire official finds out, the site can be treated as having no compliant coverage at all. So we staff it as its own post.
Codes and coverage are the easy things to write down. The questions people actually ask us are more practical.
The Questions People Ask Us First.
Are you local to Broward?
Yes. Our headquarters is at 4790 Hiatus Rd in Sunrise, near the middle of the county, and our Officers work Broward properties every day. Coverage comes from a team that already knows the area, not one meeting it for the first time on your job.
How fast can you get Officers to my property?
For short-notice or emergency guard coverage, we're often on site within 24 hours. For Fire Watch, our fastest start has been under an hour, and a standard setup runs about four hours. We won't promise you an exact arrival time before we know anything about your site, though. Anyone who does is selling, not scoping.
Which Broward cities do you cover?
Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Miramar, Pompano Beach, Davie, Plantation, Sunrise, Deerfield Beach, Weston, Tamarac, Lauderhill, Oakland Park, and the rest of the county. If your site is anywhere in Broward, call us. We very likely cover it, and we'll tell you plainly if we don't.
Can you cover Fire Watch and guards at the same site?
Yes, as two separate posts. Your Security Officer cannot also run the Fire Watch. If a fire official finds one person doing both, they may determine you had no compliant Fire Watch coverage at all. We can staff Fire Watch alongside Guard Services as two distinct assignments.
Is there a minimum contract?
No. There's no flat minimum. Some coverage is a few hours for a single weekend or event, and some runs every day, indefinitely. Tell us what you're dealing with and we'll scope your actual situation, including when it's smaller than you expected.
What does security cost in Broward?
As a general range, unarmed coverage commonly runs $28 to $40 an hour and armed coverage $38 to $55, depending on the property and the risk. Fire Watch runs $35 to $55. The full ranges and the factors that move a quote are covered when you request a site assessment. A cheap Officer who's often missing or unprepared costs you far more than the few dollars an hour you saved.
Most of what a property here needs starts with one of these. A few good pieces of reading can settle the rest.
Worth Knowing Before
You Hire Anyone.
Useful whether or not you ever call us, and just as useful with any provider you're considering.
Who Actually Checks On Your Security Officer?
Supervision is the thing every company claims and almost nobody defines. It lays out what a real site check involves, and the question that quietly exposes a company that isn't doing them.
Read itWhy Warm-Body Staffing Fails You, Eventually
It rarely fails on day one. It fails the first night something happens, which is the only night that ever mattered.
Read itFire Watch Requirements in Florida, in Plain English
What the code actually asks for when a system goes down, what a real fire watch is, and why the fire official for your building always has the final say.
Read itBroward is one of six counties we cover the same way. Yours might be one of the others.
Not in Broward? We're Likely Nearby.
ARDENT covers all of Florida, with local teams in six counties.
Wherever your site sits, the way in is the same. One call, and a real person picks up.
Let's Look at Your Site.
Tell us what you're protecting and we'll give you a straight read on what it actually needs, including if that's less than you were told. Or call (954) 787-3700. Someone will pick up. Either way, you'll come off the call knowing more than you did going in, even if you end up hiring somebody else.