Advantages of Redeployable Security Systems

International terrorism will require world powers to upgrade their internal security in the 1990's and into the twenty-first century in order to combat terrorism. Security systems must be proven dependable, cost effective, easily installed and maintained. Further, these technologies should not require skilled technicians to install, align, maintain and/or repair during the project's life cycle. These new priorities and financial demands have to be addressed utilizing various existing and proven technologies that have been developed and are currently being applied. One of these technologies directly relates to the development and application of rapid deployment and redeployable sensor systems that permit flexible asset protection and smaller perimeters within a given complex, rather than intrusion detection systems for an entire facility. Both Rapid Deployment Intrusion Detection System (RDIDS), and Redeployabale Intrusion Detection System (RIDS) technologies can be designed for operation in any weather conditions, impervious to salt air, chemical and most explosive environments, as well as highly resistant to false alarms. Therefore, RDIDS and RIDS will afford greater flexibility for urban, rural and remote installations having severe environmental conditions. RDIDS and RIDS have been developed in the 90's, with encouragement of TRW, for the US Air Defense System, Cape Kennedy, Florida and Fort Hood, Texas and have produced very positive results. These systems utilized photovoltaic power with twelve-hour battery backup as their primary source of energy. Sensor systems can be integrated with Radio Frequency (RF) polling transceivers operating in the VHP or UHF frequencies. This enhancement offers extensive flexibility and substantial cash savings as compared to hard wired installations. RDIDS and RIDS can be deployed for limited areas and be operational in a fraction of the time required for conventional systems. The result affords a fully warranted long life RIDS...modular in design...flexible in application...false alarm free...selfdiagnostic... impervious to most environmental conditions. Further, RIDS can be engineered to interface with fiber optic technology thereby ensuring quality transmission in rural environments. Fiber optic integration proves even more effective when using CCTV cameras. Fiber optic cable has proven its effectiveness in outdoor environments as a reliable transmission source. The fiber optic module can be used for monitoring the tamper and alarm circuits as well as video transmission.