Hikvision onboard technology to protect students at a Dubai school on their school route

A hundred school buses of a national school in Dubai have a security system consisting of a CCTV with IP cameras onboard and rear, DVR and a control screen from the manufacturer Hikvision to protect students on their long journey.

Dubai Charity School is a national school, located in the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area, One of the largest urban growth in the Arab world stretching across 184 Km. of the coast of the United Arab Emirates, despite being located near Dubai International Airport and overlooking the unique Dubai Creek, to which some come daily 5.600 students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Precisely because of the distance between the cities of Dubai, and in order to ensure maximum protection and safety of students, The school with small help from families have invested in a fleet of school transport buses that have a closed circuit television and reverse system to facilitate maneuvers and avoid accidents; IP cameras, a recorder and an LCD screen located on the driver's side.

Composed of a hundred buses (of one and two floors) and minibuses, each has a CCTV system, Two or three network video surveillance cameras, in order to monitor all seats and access doors; an NVR recorder to store the images and an LCD screen located in the driver's position to facilitate reversing maneuvers.

This system has been installed by local specialist Al Arabia Technical Supplies and Contracts, who have used manufacturer systems Hikvision. Specifically,, The fleet has 240 DS-2CE5582P IR dome cameras, 60 DS-8104HMFI-T mobile DVRs recorders and a hundred LCD monitors.

In addition to addressing the environmental problems of vibration, dust and temperature changes for installation on the hundred buses, This integrator had only sixty days to complete the entire project.: from the topography of each bus, Planning and installation of equipment and operational testing.

As Sabri Alkhawaja explains, responsible for the Al Arabia project, "Hikvision's response was immediate to all our requests for information and in the delivery of the equipment.. We install first 240 DS-2CE5582P IR domes and one hundred monitors; The 140 Remaining cameras partnered with sixty DS-8104HMFI-T Mobile DVR, with three cameras that are used in each of the double-decker buses and a couple of more cameras".

The Hikvision DS-2CE5582P infrared dome was the chosen option because "it was ideal for this project., IP66 rated for indoor or outdoor use, powered by 12 V DC, sufficient for this type of vehicle and other mobile applications, and an IR range of 20 meters to facilitate day and night operations with good resolution and video quality", points out Alkhawaja.

For its part, DS-8104HMFI T-Mobile DVR system adequately withstood vibration, Dust and temperature changes inside buses, "along with dual SSD capability, Built-in GPS module and 3G connectivity; Redundant power supply and shutdown protection. The whole CCTV system has been a success, despite the short installation period, to the harsh environmental challenges and those of children!", assures this expert.

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