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How to Find Professional Security Services 7/23/2013
| Private security firms have mushroomed over the last decade or so because of escalating crimes rates around the world. So, though there are several firms available to choose from ...
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Amazon Surveillance System 11/2/2007
| The Amazon Surveillance System or SIVAM (from its Portuguese name, Sistema de Vigilância da Amazônia), is a complex surveillance system used for monitoring the "legal Amazon area". ...
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Wireless communication 11/2/2007
| Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form of wire) carry the signal over part or the entire communication path. ...
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Wireless 11/2/2007
| The term wireless is normally used to refer to any type of electrical or electronic operation which is accomplished without the use of a "hard wired" connection. Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or "wires". ...
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Wireless security 11/2/2007
| Wireless networks are very common, both for organizations and individuals. Many laptop computers have wireless cards pre-installed. The ability to enter a network while mobile has great benefits ...
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Fire alarm control panel 11/2/2007
| fire alarm control panel, also referred to as a fire alarm panel or FACP, normally referred to as a panel within the active fire protection industry, is a central control device for detecting, reporting and acting on occurrences of fires within a building. There are two types of panels: conventional panels, and analogue addressable panels.
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Some improvement methods 11/2/2007
| The techniques for achieving rate reduction range from the extremely simple ones of reducing nuisance and low value alarms to redesigning the alarm system in a holistic way that considers the relationships among individual alarms. ...
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Alarm management 11/2/2007
| Alarm management is the application of human factors (or ergonomics as the field is referred to outside the U.S.) along with instrumentation engineering and systems thinking to manage the design of an alarm system to increase its usability. ...
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Alarm 11/2/2007
| Alarms have the capability of causing a fight-or-flight response in humans; a person under this mindset will panic and either flee the perceived danger or attempt to eliminate it, often ignoring rational thought in either case. We can characterise a person in such a state as "alarmed". ...
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Alarm connection and monitoring 11/2/2007
| The desired result of an alarm system is to cause an appropriate alarm output and response when the sensors indicate the valid conditions for triggering of the alarm. The ability of the panel to communicate back to the Monitoring Center is crucial to the concept of monitoring, and it is often overlooked or down played. ...
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Burglar alarm 11/2/2007
| Burglar (or intrusion), fire and safety alarms are found in electronic form today. Sensors are connected to a control unit via either a low-voltage hardwire or narrowband RF signal, which is used to interact with a response device. ...
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CCTV countermeasures 11/2/2007
| Unless physically protected, CCTV cameras have been found to be vulnerable against a variety of tactics ...
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More recent developments 11/2/2007
| The first CCTV cameras used in public spaces were crude, conspicuous, low definition black and white systems without the ability to zoom or pan. Modern CCTV cameras use small high definition colour cameras that can not only focus to resolve minute detail, but by linking the control of the cameras to a computer, objects can be tracked semi-automatically. ...
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Crime registration 11/2/2007
| CCTV for use outside government special facilities was developed as a means of increasing security in banks. Today it has developed to the point where it is simple and inexpensive enough to be used in home security systems, and for surveillance. ...
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Closed-circuit television 11/2/2007
| Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific, limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point wireless links. ...
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Social Security (United States) 11/2/2007
| Social Security, in the United States, currently refers to the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.The original Social Security Act and the current version of the Act, as amended encompass several social welfare or social insurance programs ...
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