The 600-acre aerodrome site near Guildford in Surrey also plays host to filming work for the BBC’s Top Gear programme, but it’s the Ganz system that’s taking centre stage at the moment. In essence, that system combines compact, high performance radar detection with any Ganz AllView CCTV camera.
Nicky Stokes – sales director of specialist independent security integrator Integrated Security Design, which specified and installed the Radar Vision system – feels that the system is ideal for Dunsfold Park. It provides early detection and monitoring of trespassers, along with 360 degrees /second camera tracking.
Effective use of existing surveillance
This early warning of potential intruders also allows security staff in the main Control Room to make more effective use of their existing 16-camera surveillance system at the site.
RadarVision is at the forefront of site detection and monitoring, yet the system can be installed and maintained with the minimum of fuss. Using event-driven image recording of the pre-defined target zone, it eliminates false alarms and reduces costs because operators no longer need to patrol the grounds on a continual basis.
“These benefits, combined with the 36x optical zoom capability of the Ganz AllView high speed pan/tilt camera, allow the surveillance system to protect the multiple tenants working in the warehousing, industrial units and office space,” explained Stokes.
High profile tenants on site
Those tenants include Surrey Police, who carry out driver training on-site, and customer test track demonstrations of McLaren Mercedes’ GB pound 345,000+ SLR Roadster cars, so appropriate levels of protection are required by Dunsfold Park, itself owned by The Rutland Group.
Stokes added: “We approached Ganz because, in addition to the RadarVision system’s operational capabilities, we benefit from the company’s flexible approach, pre-install design assistance, post-installation services and equipment reliability.”
Integrated Security Design offers a nationally available turnkey package in terms of design, installation and maintenance of electronic security solutions including CCTV, access control, intruder alarms, as well as perimeter detection and intercoms. It also offers physical security measures such as door automation, turnstiles and barriers.
Detection, monitoring and tracking
Commenting on RadarVision’s use at the high profile Dunsfold Park site, Ganz’s national sales and marketing manager, John Downie, said that the system’s flexible operational benefits include the ability to provide detection, monitoring, tracking and visual verification.
“This installation really demonstrates how RadarVision can be retrofitted to an established system to provide a range of added benefits to existing cameras,” explained Downie.