Visual alarm verification - Whenever an alarm is raised (e.g. a fire, smoke or intruder alarm), network cameras allow instant 'visual verification' of the incident. This visual information can be made available to any authorised person, assuring that the correct action is taken within the shortest possible time frames.
Police are called to respond to hundreds of thousands of alarms every year. According to Police figures from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland (ACPOS) in the UK, over 85% of these are caused by false alarms. On-site response is time consuming and costly. As a result ACPO and ACPOS have introduced policies to limit the responses to alarms to incidents that can be verified by a second means.
The problem is just as bad for companies employing private guarding companies to respond to alarms. With the cost of guards increasing every year, many companies are finding the direct costs of keeping their property secure are spiralling ever higher. The CCTVsafe solution is designed to integrate with existing alarm systems as well as existing CCTV camera installations. The service can be configured to take pictures when the building alarm is activated as well as using independent motion sensors.
The images are transmitted directly to a CCTVsafe Collection Server, or other standard FTP server. Images can then be viewed from any PC via a secure web page. No special software is required, so authorised staff can easily be given access to the images.
Using a CCTVsafe solution for visual verification ensures that appropriate action can be taken when an alarm is triggered, by giving advanced information about the cause and securing evidence off-site where it can't be tampered with by any intruder.