Posts Tagged ‘ARK Systems’

• Surveillance Cameras and Fire Detection

  • March 2nd, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, intelligent technology, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring, Video Camera Networks
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Facebook, fire detection system, flame detection, smoke detection, Surveillance Cameras and Fire Detection, Twitter, VID, Video Expands Limits of Fire Detection, video image detection, Video Surveillance and Fire Application

  Until recently, fire detection primarily relied on two major devices – heat and smoke detectors. And for the most part, these two devices have provided sufficient coverage and timely detection. However, this has not always been the case. Certain areas… Read More

• The Atlanta Police Department’s New Crime-Fighting Tool: Private Security Cameras

  • February 24th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: ARK Systems, Atlanta Police Including Private Surveillance Cameras in Monitoring Center, Facebook, private businesses, private surveillance cameras, surveillance cameras, surveillance network, The Atlanta Police Department’s New Crime-Fighting Tool: Private Security Cameras, The Atlanta surveillance initiative, Twitter, Video Integration Center

  Atlanta, Georgia law enforcement officials have very recently begun integrating private surveillance cameras into their existing network of city-owned assets, greatly improving the scope of the city’s Video Integration Center. This unique, real-time surveillance system is actively monitored by two… Read More

• Google Public Alerts

  • February 17th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, Public Alerts, Security Trends
  • Tags: Alert Hub, ARK Systems, CAP message, Common Alerting Protocol (CAP 1.2) standard, earthquakes, emergency alerts, evere weather, Facebook, Flooding Maryland, Google, Google Enters Public Alerting Arena, Google Maps, Google Public Alerts, Google search results, integrated feeds, local public safety officials, NOAA, not-for-profit Crisis Response division, public safety, Steps to Participate in Google Public Alerts, Subscribe alerts, the National Weather Service, the US Geological Survey, Twitter, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USGS

  In late January, Google’s not-for-profit Crisis Response division announced the release of its new emergency alerting platform, Google Public Alerts. The platform is designed to bring relevant emergency alerts – severe weather, public safety, earthquakes, tornados, and more – to… Read More

• Video Continues to Enhance Its Security Image

  • January 5th, 2012
  • Posted in ARK Systems, business intelligence, intelligent technology, Security Image, Security Trends, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: 080 pixels, Analytics, Analyze, ark, ARK Systems, assessment, clearer picture, contractor with experience, conventional analog equipment, defined as a minimum resolution of 720-1, design, emergence of VMS, ever-increasingly sophisticated software, exponential growth, Facebook, Government, hd video, HDcctv, healthcare, High Quality Optics, High-definition video, Homeland Security, human monitoring, identification of individuals, include education, installation, IP-based Systems, leading edge of the technological revolution, limits of technology, machine vision designed, Megapixel Security Cameras, new security innovation, nonproprietary platforms to facilitate interoperability, operational applications, pioneered for broadcast television, prices continue to fall, reasonable price points, reliability, Security Industry, service, sophistication of video surveillance systems, special applications like license plate recognition (LPR), storage capacity, TCP/IP, testing, the utilization of fewer cameras to cover a given area, track, trackable success in security, transportation, Twitter, unified user interface, Video analytics, Video Continues to Enhance Its Security Image, Video Management Systems and Software (VMS), video surveillance or closed circuit television, video surveillance technology, video these systems capture

  The security industry is always on the leading edge of the technological revolution. This is especially true when it comes to video surveillance or closed circuit television (CCTV), which has been around since the 1970s. Video cameras combine proven reliability,… Read More

• Hospital Abduction

  • December 30th, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: ark, ARK Systems, assessment, California Department of Public Health, California’s Reaction to the 2009 Kidnapping, Cottage Hospital, crucial security, design, Details of the 2009 Kidnapping, Facebook, facilities, Fine After 2009 Baby Abduction, Hospital Abduction, Hospital Security Initiatives, installation, Janet O’Neill, mandatory badges, noncompliance with licensing requirements, nursing staff, permanent security greeter in the Mother Infant unit, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Slapped with $50, screening and monitoring of visitors, security guards, security improvements, security personnel, security system, serious injury or death to patients, testing, Twitter

  A 2009 kidnapping incident at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital’s Mother Infant Unit now has the facility facing a $50,000 fine following a state oversight agency review of the unfortunate event. Details of the 2009 Kidnapping: Leanna Patricia Arzate took an… Read More

• Inside Baltimore’s CitiWatch Program

  • December 22nd, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, CitiWatch Program, intelligent technology, Mass Notification Systems, Security Trends, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: 50 cameras, ARK Systems, arksysinc.com, assessment, baltimore 2010, baltimore city, baltimore police department, cad, camera, cameras, cctv operator, cctv policy, citiwatch program, computer aided dispatch, crime statistics, criminal intelligence watch center, cross referenced, design, detection, Facebook, footage, gunshot, Inside Baltimore's CitiWatch Program, installation, license plate, live feeds, martin O'Malley, municipal surveillance, networks, pay attention, police work, prime locations, program, recognition, service, System, testing, Twitter

  Have you ever heard of Baltimore’s CitiWatch program? If not, you should pay attention. CitiWatch is only one of the most sophisticated municipal surveillance networks in the United States. Launched in 2005 by former mayor Martin O’Malley, the program was… Read More

• US Park Police Leverage Video Surveillance for Large Scale Events

  • December 16th, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, business intelligence, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: a bold, Agencies, agency, american red cross, ark, ARK Systems, assessment, awareness, biological, broadcasting bandwidth, cameras, cameras together, cellular based systems, chemical, combat video degradation concerns, contractor, crowd control, crucial security, cutting edge video, D block, data casting, David Mulholland, design, detection, existing local networks, expert, Facebook, FBI, implemented, installation, life safety, mesh networks, mitigation, multiple communications, national center for missing and exploited children, new tricks, new video, not exploited, nuclear agents, official government facility, park police, Park police captin David Mulholland, platforms, public safety radio spectrum, radiological, recorded, redistributed, remote viewing, resource protection, restrictions, secret service, security concerns, service, single system, situational, special events, Surveillance, Technology, testing, Twitter, u.s. park police, uniformed policy agency, US Park Police Leverage Video Surveillance for Large Scale Events, utilization of television, video feed, video feeds, video sharing initiative state of the art, video surveillance sharing capabilities, we thought outside the box

  Who said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? The country’s oldest uniformed police agency – the U.S. Park Police – has implemented a bold new video sharing initiative for its large-scale events. This cutting edge video surveillance technology… Read More

• GSN Exclusive: Integrated security system will safeguard new WTC site

  • December 8th, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, business intelligence, Early Warning Systems, ehanced business intelligence, intelligent technology, Security Trends, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: 10 years ago, access, access managment, ark, ARK Systems, autonomous, available, biological, building owners, buildings, chemical, comercial, contractor, control, cooling systems, coordination, crcuial security, credential management, design, doors, emergency situation, equipped, event, expert, Facebook, fire, fire alarms, GSN Exclusive: Integrated security system will safeguard new WTC site, heating, identity, information management, installation, installed, integrate identity, intercoms, intrusion, management, memorial, new system, nuclear detection systems, options, port authorities, portals, prevention coordination, radio communications, radiological, security awareness, security cameras, security gates, security project, service, shares, single platform, state of the art security systems, terrorist attacks, testing, the world trade center's new security platform, Twitter, utilize a security system, Video surveillance, world trade center

  With security awareness heightened since the terrorist attacks of 10 years ago, it only makes sense that the new World Trade Center site be equipped with one of the most state-of-the-art security systems available. This is why the new site… Read More

• Video Can Prove Valuable in Fire Applications

  • December 2nd, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, surveillance cameras, surveillance monitoring
  • Tags: alarm verification, ark, ARK Systems, arksysinc.com, burglar alarms, burglaries, cameras, conventional ip, corporate campus, design, dispatchers, DVR, efficient, environment, expertise, Facebook, False Alarms, fire, Fire Alarm, fire detection, hard wired, high traffic, hybrid systems, individuals, install, intruder, mircoprocessor, motion, national fire protection agency, new video, nfpa, security, security company, security system, smoke, Surveillance, Technology, Twitter, Video, Video Can Prove Valuable in Fire Applications, video imaging, video surveillance systems

  You have video surveillance, you have a security system, and you have a fire alarm. But currently, they are all working as individuals systems. That doesn’t sound very efficient, does it? Fortunately, the security world agrees and has begun to… Read More

• What To Do When Severe Storms Strike

  • November 22nd, 2011
  • Posted in ARK Systems, Early Warning Systems, intelligent technology, Mass Notification Systems
  • Tags: address, ARK Systems, assessment, blizzards, certification, communications, community, company, contact, crucial security, damage, data communications, data networks, design, early warning systems, Effective, electronic, email, excellence, expert, Facebook, fire, flooding, goals, high quality, hurricans, ideas, impacts, impending danger, implementation, infrastructure, innovative designs, integrated solutions, irreversible devastation, life, maintenance, mass notification platforms, mass notification systems, message, mitigating damage, newest, options, outdoors, proven technologies, quality, safer, security alarm systems, service, severe weather, sirens, skilled craftsmen, sound, strikes, Systems, technical staff, testing, text messaging, threat, time, tornadoes, tornados, Twitter, utilize, Video, warning, warning message, What To Do When Severe Storms Strike

  The threat of severe weather is ever present. Tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards and flooding can all cause irreversible devastation. But what if there was a way to minimize that damage, at least a little. Well, there is. One way to do… Read More