Oct 22, 2014

In recent years, law enforcement groups around the country have been updating their crime fighting tools to include more advanced technologies. This is especially true when it comes to surveillance.

Just a decade or two ago, the thought of a city-wide wireless surveillance system seemed like science fiction. Today, however, a considerable number of municipalities are leveraging a mesh infrastructure from providers like Firetide to form the foundation for their wireless video monitoring. Now, police officers can utilize real-time video feeds as well as recordings to improve the way to respond and address crime within their cities.

For a long time, law enforcement use cases provided the face for wireless mesh technology. However, such a system can be leveraged in a wide range of other instances and environments, including within industrial and commercial businesses, school campuses and even at individual residences. Increased mobility means that oftentimes, administrators and decision-makers are more focused on the protection of their assets.

Currently, organizations are leveraging wireless mesh to set up surveillance at train yards, shipping docks and ports as well as public roadways. Large scale events including sports championships, marathons and festivals benefit from this type of surveillance solution. Even industrial and transportation equipment – like helicopters and manufacturing machines – is protected by a wireless surveillance system. In this way, a mesh infrastructure can do much more than provide resources for law enforcement.

A solution for every need
No matter the setting, however, many clients’ needs are similar: These organizations need a reliable network that will provide robust access to high-quality video and surveillance capabilities. When this is a requirement, there is only one place to turn: Firetide.

Firetide has solutions available for nearly any environment or event, including specialized systems for public safety, transportation and industrial automation. Firetide can also work to establish permanent, semi-permanent or movable systems, as well as those that build out existing legacy network technology. In this way, the solution is incredibly flexible, and officials can adjust the system as they see fit. Best of all, if an organization already has a pre-existing infrastructure in place, they can update and improve it with Firetide wireless mesh.

Whether a customer is looking to safeguard their company property, provide surveillance capabilities at an event or improve traffic management, Firetide has an industry-leading solution to suit these demands.