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Incident management system merges real and virtual worlds for maximum security and control
posted on 30/07/2007

SimGuard is Rontal's incident management and business continuity system, which merges the real and virtual worlds for maximum security and control. Rontal Applications Ltd has announced an extension of SimGuard's crowd behavior prediction module. The new extension further enhances SimGuard's Crowd-behavior Scenarios Database (CDB) and improves the system's ability to predict crowd behavior during evacuation for planning and training purposes, as well as command and control in real time emergency situations. The system displays animated virtual crowd in a virtual evacuation, for better decision-making. The extended module enhances the ability to locate, in advance, potential bottlenecks during evacuation, when every second counts and blocked escape ways or doors can result in a catastrophe, due to human panic or disorder. The extended module calculates possible damages to pre-planned evacuation routes, due to the impact of hazardous factors, such as a bomb, fire, smoke, gas leak, etc.... [more]

onSite simplifies personnel management for security firms in the construction industry
posted on 30/07/2007

Over-C has introduced onSite, a new real-time personnel management and reporting service for security firms and their clients in the construction industry. Because the application is web-based, anyone authorised and involved with managing access to a construction site can access onSite at the touch of a button. This provides construction companies with the means to control operational costs as well as a range of innovative web-based features which are practical, easy to use and add enormously to productivity. Using the same principles of real-time information reporting through NFC technology, onSite provides a range of personnel management services including the ability for security guards to scan staff ID badges on entry and exit of the site, logging location and time. onSite also enables security firms to check on the whereabouts of individuals in any given situation, such as a site evacuation. With staff already scanned into the system, onSite produces an immediate report of w... [more]

Brentside High School achieves Secured Environments award
posted on 26/07/2007

Brentside High School is a PFI school which has recently been redesigned, security being a primary factor. When 23% of teachers believe their school building does not offer the right level of safety and security (Teacher Support Network) the Secured Environments accreditation is an excellent way to ensure that school leaders take the steps needed to ensure that school safety and security are taken seriously. Brentside High School is the first secondary school in the UK to achieve the new police approved Secured Environments award. Secured Environments is a new risk management standard, launched earlier this year to promote good security practice in organisations by focusing on strategy, process and people. It compliments the ACPO-supported Secured by Design initiative. Arwel Jones, the Headmaster, stated: 'Brentside High School is very proud to be the first secondary school in the country to have achieved the Secured Environments award. In challenging times it is reassuring for sta... [more]

Identicom improves Wandsworth Borough Council safety procedures
posted on 25/07/2007

As personnel frequently visit the homes of people claiming benefit or who are in arrears with their rent and occasionally confront potentially abusive situations, the Wandsworth Borough Council wanted to ensure that its staff had the ability to assess risk and discreetly raise an alarm if threatened. Aware of the increasing threat to its Benefit Investigation and Rent Collection Officers from verbal and physical abuse, the Revenue Service at Wandsworth Borough Council has adopted Identicom as part of SoloProtect, the fully managed, lone worker protection service from Connexion2. Previously, employees were reliant on a safety system, which relied on using a mobile phone. Conscious that if an employee found themselves in a dangerous situation and attempted to use a mobile phone to summon help, it could increase the worker’s own risk and was unlikely to help capture credible audio evidence, Wandsworth Council decided to investigate alternative devices. Identified by Deborah Baker... [more]

CommuniCare makes Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust lone workers feel safer
posted on 23/07/2007

Argyll is providing Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust with a total solutions package that includes CommuniCare, operator response, tracking, training, configuration with the mobile network and ongoing support. A winner of the Top 40 Hospitals Award for the seventh year running, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust comprises of three hospital sites, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Bassetlaw Hospital and Montagu Hospital. These serve a population of 410,000 in Bassetlaw and Doncaster, and employ over 5,500 staff. Initially supplied to 15 physiotherapists, Argyll’s CommuniCare service has now been extended to 165 units and is now being used by Community Midwives and is soon to be rolled out to the Estates Department and Facilities staff. “The need for lone worker support was identified by our Physiotherapy Department”, says Ian Soulsby, Heath & Safety Manager at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital Foundation NHS Trust. “We arranged for a number of compani... [more]

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