Petrochemical & Gas Stations

Petrochemical and gas stations facilities have specific and often high risk security issues. They also have to comply with many stringent regulations to operate. 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 events.

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Common issues associated with petrochemical and gas stations facilities, which are often multi-site, include health and safety, managing access levels and securing the facilities against the ever present threat. All these challenges can be met with an integrated solution of Access Control, Video and Fire solutions from Lorenzo Security Consulting, SRL Security Integrators.

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.

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 auto lock 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.