[BC] Station security

[Ron Cole]

Unmanned sites always have a security problem. No matter what you do in 
terms of sensors to protect the station/facility you still have to have 
someone go to the site to stop what ever the intruder is doing. There in 
lies the problem.

I have customers with outdoor sites that they have property stolen or 
vandalized at regular intervals because the cops will not respond to 
alarms there after dark. They have hardened things the best they can and 
have to live with the losses, it?s a cost of doing business in that part 
of town.

The sign on the back of the door states,
Leave this site before Sundown Even if you have not completed you work here.

Ron


Jeffrey Kopp wrote:
>
>> [Rev. Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis:] How about borrowing Techniques from 
>> the U.S.
>> Military. ... keep in mind i don't know the legalities of such.
>
> Your electric utility might be able to offer some suggestions. I have 
> noticed a new,
> sophisticated-looking security system around a large industrial 
> substation nearby.
>
> It appeared to be a combination of proximity and fence-vibration 
> sensing, technology
> probably developed for the prison industry. (For various reasons, I 
> didn't want to
> linger long enough to get a good look, nor pull out my camera.) A 
> security engineering firm probably designs these for various clients 
> under contract.
>
> They're in basically the same predicament, facing possible liability 
> for injuries to
> trespassers (at least minors, I guess) who are attracted by the 
> metals, and also
> needing to prevent interruptions of service, as well as the cost of 
> repairing the
> damage. Whether their PR or customer-service dept. would share any 
> useful details
> with a broadcaster for free, I dunno, but might be worth a call. (Or 
> find out where
> their engineers hang out after work, and get a "curbstone consult." :> )
>
> It just occurs to me that the state utilities commish is probably 
> cognizant of (or might
> even require or at least have to approve) this stuff, and may feel 
> freer to give
> details to an engineer in another industry.
>
> Probably expensive, though. I haven't seen the same on other 
> substations yet; the
> one where I saw all this feeds a defense contractor.
>
> Jeff
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