Problem:
A local water authority asked for a solution to protect their water towers and pump stations.
Introduction:
Local water towers had fencing but did not have any type of electronic security protection. Upon water tower inspections, the water authority found the sites were being trespassed and graffiti and vandalism to the sites were occurring. In one case the water authority found one of the water towers had been breached and they had to immediately divert that tower from the main water grid, drain the entire tower and take it through a sterilization process that requires them to sterilize the entire inside of the tower and flush water through the tower multiple times. This process can take weeks and was a cost the water authority wanted to avoid in the future. The pump houses have an on-site backup diesel generator and on occasion large amounts of fuel was being stolen. The water authority wanted to protect the hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel.
Job Site:
Each tower has a control station that includes internet connection and power. The challenge was creating a perimeter protection system and installing cameras to watch over that protection. The Pump Station are small brick buildings with power and internet connection. There was no existing security system at the pump stations. The integrator proposed to install a full perimeter PE Beam system inside the fence and surrounding the entire water tower. Beam distance was between 50’ – 200’ and each set of beams included a video camera to see the length of the detection area. Connecting the PE Beams to the CHeKT 12 Channel Bridge (CKB-312) and pairing that line of detection to a video camera gives the Central Monitoring Station the ability to determine through an alarm activation, live video and alarm looping video if the site has human activity or not. In the case of human detection, the Police can now respond to the site as “a crime in progress”.
Result/Conclusion:
The water authority now has a comprehensive security solution allowing them to arm the sites, remotely view the sites, and have priority police response on their water towers and pump stations.
1.With the CHeKT Bridge adding video alarm monitoring can easily be set up saving everyone time & money.
2. The CHeKT Bridge is an open platform, meaning it works with any trigger device, any alarm panel, & any ONVIF protocol, analog, or high-def camera over coax.
Solution/Conclusion:
The pump station was a simple solution. Using the CHeKT 4 Channel Bridge (CKB-304) they protected the diesel generator with an OPTEX FitLink, outdoor motion detector (FTN-RRHW) linked to a camera overlooking the generator through the Bridge. For interior protection of the pump house, a camera is working as an interior motion detector set to line crossing and creating an ONVIF alarm action to the Bridge to give the Central Monitoring Station a live view of the alarm camera, and an alarm looping video of the actual activation.
In both cases the Bridge is acting as the Alarm Control Panel and is armed and disarmed by the user through the app and generates an auto-log of arming and disarming by user.
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