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Win with security integration

The cost factor tends to guide decisions on what to install and how well it meets the security needs of a client. And, up till now, technology has not provided integrative solutions.

As a result, security systems in gated communities such as residential and golf estates are seldom integrated, made up as they are of a variety of fragmented subsystems

Integrated systems

But, with recent advances in technology, local design and manufacturing company IRC is able to provide solutions that integrate the entire security guarding and monitoring function - alarms and panic systems, intercoms, access control, perimeter security monitoring and guard monitoring communication systems.

And while the company is about it, it will also manage and control installations such as the irrigation system.

Advantages

These solutions use wireless technology, an enormous advantage, in that it reduces reliance on cabling, minimises installation costs, and eliminates the high charges levied by expensive communication service providers.

A major benefit derives from product unity. The integrated approach does away with the incompatibility that is a potential hazard when a range of products from a number of different manufacturers are specified and installed. The result: less system downtime. And the cost and complexity of training on multiple systems is eliminated, as is the cost of the maintenance and support provided by a number of different manufacturers for a variety of subsystems.

Management of the security operations is centralised, with one computer controlling every unit and every communication function. With this capability, complex or estate owners are provided with options to select and self-manage their response procedures, if they so wish. The advantage of responding themselves in the first instance, via an on-site station, response office or guard, lies in the measurably faster reaction time in the event of an incident.

The guard monitoring communication function of the system does just that - it monitors the diligence and effectiveness of guards who patrol the estate - and it does so in realtime so that problems such as 'cutting corners' in the patrol procedure, or napping on duty can be resolved as they arise.

Bottom line

The result of the integrated security approach is cost-effectiveness coupled with efficient operations - a dual benefit that should gladden the heart of any owner or manager of a residential or golf estate, a commercial or industrial park, or in fact any gated security community.

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