Wixams, a ‘new town’ development in Bedfordshire, is being protected during the building works by CCTV. The 750-acre brown field site will have 4,500 homes in each of four village. Remotely monitored CCTV is installed by Ace Fire and Security Systems Ltd.
Steve Titmuss, Director of builders Deejak says: "Deejak work constantly to innovate and deliver high levels of service and added value, employing the latest technology in our construction and management processes. In the early phase of the project, several Wixams homes were close to completion and final hand-over, when intruders struck and stole fittings and fixtures – causing significant damage, estimated to be in the region of £25k. Prompted by this incident, we approached Ace Fire and Security for a solution to protect our investments at the site during out of hours periods." Kevin Burraway, Director of Ace Fire and Security Systems says: "Our expert installation team installed Vista PowerDome PRO VPP-H18D-WP-C 18:1 Day Night Vandal Resistant Domes, connected via UTP video transmission to a DVR located in a secure room at the site. From there, live and recorded images are transmitted to our own remote alarm-receiving centre, from where we monitor the site 24-hours a day, seven days a week."
The Vista PowerDome Pro 18:1 low light dome camera features a 520TV lines resolution one-third inch CCD. The CCTV has security, and health and safety aspects. Steve Titmuss adds: "Thanks to the technically advanced electronic surveillance system, we now have protection for the site against further attacks, and have experienced no losses since the cameras were installed." And Kevin Burraway adds: "A few days after the original attack, two intruders were spotted on-site by our remote monitoring team. Thanks to their expert monitoring skills combined with the high-definition Vista PowerDome PRO images, we were able to detect the intruders and dispatch our rapid response team and local police."
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