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Fire Safety in High-rise buildings.
If you are responsible for Fire safety or are a resident of a high-rise, multi-occupancy property you will be only too aware of the increased awareness of the need for enhanced fire detection and evacuation processes.
The former ‘stay put’ guidance is now regarded as unsafe and has been replaced by a ‘simultaneous evacuation’ strategy.
Many properties have deployed a waking watch service; this is a fire protection service and involves marshals patrolling to lookout for potential signs of a fire. They are also responsible for raising the alarm.
These services are costing property owners and residents thousands of pounds. A Waking Watch service can be replaced by a wireless Fire Detection System. This meets all the required standards and is quickly and easily installed. The total one-off cost of a Fire Detection System can be less than 10 weeks of a Waking Watch service.
March Networks offers a portfolio of video analytics. Their video content analysis software detects and tracks a wide range of events captured in real-time. The system generates alerts to allow the rapid assessment of potential incidents.
March Networks video analytics do not require a special camera as they can be installed on March Networks standard resolution IP cameras, encoders or hybrid NVRs and operate in tandem with Command VMS or Visual Intelligence software. This offers a flexible solution as the video analytics can be installed on existing IP or analogue surveillance systems.
March Networks Video Analytics includes:
Area Obstruction – When a scene is blocked for longer than a defined period
Occupancy Detection – The number of people in scene exceeds set figure
Perimeter Detection – A person or object crosses a defined boundary
Queue Length Monitoring – When a queue exceeds a specified length
Left Object detection – When an object of a pre-defined size remains for longer than a set time
Facial Detection – A clear facial image is detected within a camera field of view
March Networks video analytics can be used to enhance security and operational activities for a wide range of industry sectors, including financial institutions, retailers, transport and logistic companies.
