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Petrochemical, oil and gas facilities have specific and often high risk security
issues. They also have to comply with many stringent regulations including the Chemical
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard or CFATS in the US.
This standard will give the industries involved a solid set of guidelines to follow
to make sure that they are as safe as possible and that the surrounding public is
better protected against possible terrorist attacks and other events.
Challenge
Common issues associated with petrochemical, oil and gas facilities, which are often
multi-site, include health and safety, managing access levels and securing the facilities
against the ever present terror threat. All these challenges can be met with an
integrated solution of Access Control, Video and Fire solutions from Tyco Security
Products.
Solution
Health & Safety
Handling potentially hazardous materials and monitoring potentially risky processes
are just some of the health and safety issues facing employees. Therefore having
cameras positioned effectively and recording high quality images is an essential
management tool to aid the safe and efficient running of the facility. Video clips
can be quickly exported to DVD/USB for any ensuing investigation, or insurance claim.
High risk sites demand employees take strict training before they are allowed access
to certain areas. Access control can monitor this by restricting access to these
areas until the training has been taken, thus lowering any health & safety risk
breach.
Restricted Access
In today's climate of volatile threat levels, from terrorist and fundamentalists,
it is vital to ensure that only authorized personnel have access to restricted areas
containing hazardous materials. Electronic security can help achieve this. Using
our access control badging software each employee can be issued one ID/access card
which does away with the need for multiple cards for multiple sites, thus reducing
time and cost. This one card grants an employee access depending on their level
and ensures that all movements can be tracked at all times.
External Threats
With an integrated video and access control system all events and alarms can be
remotely monitored 24/7 which is essential for multi site facilities. Any unauthorized
access attempts or movements in predefined fields of view will trigger an alarm
that will be captured by the cameras and then recorded onto the Video Management
System. In the case of an emergency the system can lock down all doors or just autolock
them at a given time of day.
If the identified threat level increases, the operation of the system can be changed
to reflect this meaning individual employee access levels can be automatically amended
and security levels heightened.
With an integrated solution from Tyco Security Products we can provide a proven
solution for your unique oil and gas requirements.
Please view our "Special Applications" for the Oil & Gas sector on our website.
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