Case Studies

IP video for sawmills

by Mark Rowe

Hales Sawmills, a family-run manufacturer and supplier of timber products, has opted for IP-based video, from Chubb Fire & Security Limited to protect people, plants and machinery at its new £5m factory in Shropshire. Designed, installed and monitored by Chubb, the system has IP CCTV day/night cameras along the site’s perimeter. The use of video analytics helps to reduce false alarms often generated by small animals and moving vegetation, while increasing the likelihood of detecting a human intruder, the security firm says. Should an alarm occur, Chubb’s remote video recording operation monitors the images remotely and determines appropriate action. Other dome cameras are also installed and operated locally from Hales Sawmills’ own control desk.

Julian Parton, chairman, Hales Sawmills, said: “We now have 24/7 protection, and that gives us tremendous peace of mind. We can also use the dome cameras throughout the day, not just for security but to monitor stock levels and yard activity to further improve our operational effectiveness.”

Parton added that the installation was achieved with minimum disruption: “We hardly noticed the engineers’ presence and productivity was not affected, which was exactly what was required.”

Chubb is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp; visit www.chubb.co.uk.

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