Genetec technology ensures the safety of the Campo dei Fiori Natural Park

To achieve greater safety in the Park and avoid risks such as fires, The platform has been adopted Genetec Security Center and has a camera infrastructure that integrates the Q6225-LE series of Axis Communications and the Omnicast VMS.

Genetec, in collaboration with Security Service RED, has developed for the Campo dei Fiori Park A system of 'electronic sentinels'. This technology, by detecting various data thanks to analytics and the use of metadata, Alerts the operating room to activate the necessary interventions to avoid dangerous consequences such as the start and spread of fires.

Created in 1984, It is a wooded area of about 6.300 hectares located in the Pre-Alps, in the province of Varese. This vast area is characterized by a very varied vegetation and is populated by numerous species of fauna.

In 2017 And 2019, The park was the scene of violent fires that caused considerable damage, also economical. In addition to malicious human actions, Climate change also increases favorable conditions for the development of fires. The constant analysis and control of the territory is the only way to effectively prevent fires of any kind, so the Park Authority has decided to equip itself with a modern digital surveillance system capable of protecting the environment and its inhabitants.

“Prevention is a fundamental action to try to contain and eventually eliminate forest fires that put the mountain and hillside ecosystem of the park area at risk, affecting a heritage of great naturalistic importance”, says Giancarlo Bernasconi, director and manager of the Park's AIB.

Looking to the future, the Park authority realized that it was crucial to define a project to work on in advance in order to implement an effective intervention in the infrastructure. To carry out the project, platform technology was adopted Genetec Security Center, integrating series network cameras Q6225-LE from Axis Communications together with Genetec Omnicast, IP-based VMS that enables smarter video operation. The cameras' high zoom capabilities, together with Genetec solutions, allow the Park authority to monitor the forest area.

“Genetec's software is capable of processing the camera's position metadata so that we can give the precise intervention coordinates to the Fire Department, to fire watchers and helicopters, to point to the point of interest”, comments Maurizio Fratini, CTO of Security Service Red and Park Authority Consultant. “Within the Genetec Platform, The points on the map are georeferenced with the parameters of the cameras to obtain the coordinates. Thanks to this platform, Information such as wind values and high-definition images of the flame can be displayed and managed simultaneously on multiple screens and monitors, resulting in continuous observation within an always-on control room”.

“The fire monitoring system that we have adopted is an indispensable support for human intervention. Today we can carry out better prevention work with more precise territorial surveillance through observation, even remotely in the Park's operations room, on a very large area such as the Parco dei Fiori, which allows us to save costs and time on the resources that are traditionally used to patrol the territory with classical means instead of remote observation”, explains Bernasconi.

The Director of Fire Operations (TWO) of the Park, thanks to the metadata sent by the cameras, you can get the exact point on the map where the fire is developing, and, via mobile app, Check the situation, from anywhere, and request support. Security Center, with its easy-to-configure native support, Allows calibrate cameras on georeferenced maps. It is a scalable software solution that allows additional devices and video analytics to be integrated over time for predictive prevention applications.

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