Surveillance & Security News for June 2005

Rainbow CCTV’s 8.5-85mm varifocal lenses have been installed for long-range observation at Marine Terminals in Dublin Port. The units are being used at the “lift on/lift off” container section of the docks complex at Dublin Bay.  They are assisting the client, Marine Terminals Limited, to comply with the increasingly rigorous homeland security requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS), created after the September 11th attacks.The aims of...

Monitors from Rainbow CCTV are being used for surveillance on the Thousand Islands Bridge between north-western New York and Ontario.The bridge which is in fact a series of spans across the St Lawrence River ultimately connects both banks.  The international border crossing is between Wellesley Island in the United States and Hill Island in Canada.Rainbow monitors are being used by the Thousand Island Bridge Authority to assess traffic flows throughout the 8.5 mile crossing which extends fr...

Lenses from Rainbow CCTV are being used at Watford Football Club’s Vicarage Road ground. The model being employed is a 6.5-65mm focal length zoom which is compatible with 1/3” and ¼” cameras. The lenses are sited on one of the stadium’s main gantries in PTZ mounted cameras and are used predominantly to monitor crowd behaviour on the other side of the pitch. Watford FC’s CCTV systems are maintained by Strood-based Ewatch Limited who will be helping the client...

New Zealand city brings new life to troubled neighbourhoodsA crime prevention video surveillance network deployed by New Zealand's Manukau City Council is proving to be an effective means of reversing urban blight.Crime rates have been slashed, drug dealing and other illicit activities have been curtailed, and real estate values are staging a comeback in four commercial areas subject to video surveillance.  Located on New Zealand's North Island within greater Auckland, Manukau is the countr...

NS turned to Dedicated Micros and its TransVu digital video recorder - specifically designed for transport applications - to conduct a mobile CCTV surveillance trial.  Initially TransVu units were installed in 8 Sprinter type trains on the busy Zoetermeer Stadslijn (City Line), each featuring 14 cameras and 2 recorders. Said Frank Meeuwens, Account Manager for Scandinavia and Benelux at DM: “We are delighted to have secured the Award for the Netherlands Railways project. The results f...

Dome cameras, colour monitors and quad processors from Rainbow CCTV have recently been installed at a leading medical facility, the Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Florida.Health Central offers 171 beds, a 24-hour emergency room, special delivery maternity unit, pediatric unit and helipad.  Current expansion is adding an advanced cardiac care unit with 30 beds. The CCTV installation includes the QPCF quad processor.  These connect up to four cameras and one VCR, offering quad and swi...

Zoom lenses from Rainbow CCTV have recently been installed at the Monroe Power Plant on the shores of Lake Erie in Michigan.This 3,000-megawatt facility run by DTE Energy is America’s fourth largest coal-fired plant and is at the forefront of President Bush’s initiatives for clean coal technology. The site has been visited by the President who addressed staff and local community leaders about ongoing work to modernize the electricity grid, create conditions for job growth and ensure...

North American Video, a leading security systems integrator, and a premier provider to the gaming industry, has been awarded a Gaming Service Supplier License by the Washington State Gambling Commission. Licensing regulations in the State have recently been amended to include gambling service suppliers and North American Video is one of the few security technology firms who meet eligibility requirements for this license. “Business opportunities abound in the Indian gaming industry, but it...

Automated wireless download a key capabilityEfficiency is a way of life at San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni).  Each day, the public transit authority is responsible for the safe and on-time transport of more than half a million people, and the operation of a 1,000 vehicle fleet that includes light rail vehicles, electric trolley buses, diesel buses, historic streetcars and the city's world-famous cable cars. Muni staff is always looking for ways to work smarter and save time.  Tha...