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Iraq fuel project

by Mark Rowe

With a decade’s worth of hard work and dedication, Iraq, and its businesses, are starting to bounce back. Ahmed Shakir, CEO at the Iraqi-based security integrator Khairat Annabaa, said: “After 2003, the private security industry was dealt a variety of problems; however the lack of IT professionals really affected our ability to provide modern solutions and modern security for our businesses.”

Mr Shakir noted that the private security sector is beginning to thrive and Hikvision products are a growing presence in this revival.

For over 20 years, many private Iraqi businesses relied on an armed guard for security purposes. While this does provide a basic level of security, it also has drawbacks. With the revival of professional solutions, electronic security’s benefits have extended beyond solely better protection for a particular business. Khairat Annabaa’s fuel storage distribution centre project in Iraq’s Amarah City illustrates this point.

Using Hikvision’s DS-2DF1-716 IR Network Speed Dome Camera, DS-2CD8254-EIS Network Bullet Camera, DS-2CD2012-I Network Bullet Camera, DS- 1100KI Keyboard, and DS-9616NI-SH NVR, this Amarah City solution not only provided an upgrade over guards, but also:

•Help Build Security Infrastructure
•Improve Overall Security
•Promote Tourism

Building infrastructure

Khairat Annabaa was initially an IT company. Now, through the improvement in both Iraqi infrastructure and economy, the time was ripe for Khairat Annabaa to use its IT knowhow and move into the security industry. Mr. Shakir said: “The emergence of better Internet capacity, namely WiFi, has provided a great opportunity in the security industry for us.”

WiFi has greatly lowered the cost for solutions. In this fuel distribution centre project, Hikvision’s DS-2DF1-716 IR Network Speed Domes are placed on outside towers to view the adjacent road; and using its 30x optical zoom and 80m IR range functions, the number plates on cars entering the site.

The DS-2CD8254-EIS and DS-2CD2012-I Network Bullet Cameras are placed at fixed locations – such as critical areas such the primary fuel storage area – and along the borders to provide perimeter security. Both models can be as close as 100m or as far away as 4 kilometres from Hikvision’s DS-9616NI-SH network recorder.

For both camera models, WiFi makes this solution economically viable and lets managers and security personnel to access these cameras in their own offices; easier, cheaper, and more efficient. Hikvision’s DS- 1100KI Keyboard allows 255 cameras to be used by one keyboard, and gives the ability to automatically use the cameras’ zoom function on the keyboard.

This fuel depot represents an important link in the overall Iraqi fuel supply chain. As a vital component to the economy, this site requires security, standing as it does on the main road between Amarah and Basurah, and near a logistically-important bridge for this road. However, the special nature of this specific site brings other concerns. Not only are important roads, bridges, and this fuel depot at this location, but also a thriving community with homes and an elementary school.

By using WiFi to inexpensively link Hikvision cameras to Hikvision’s DS-9616NI-SH NVR and managerial /security offices across distances, this provides improved overall security for the community at large.

This solution has “greatly reduced issues of terrorism. Now, with these Hikvision cameras monitoring not only the station, but the surrounding area, the community is much safer. This applies to common crime, but also to possible terrorism issues. Earlier, without cameras and WiFi, there wasn’t a deterrent. Now, with these cameras and 8 hard disks of NVR hard-drive storage to record incidents, we can provide proactive safety measures,” Mr Shakir said.

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