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Tank Farm Security

Diesel tank farms store many thousands of gallons of diesel fuel for use in refueling railroad locomotives. Like most rail facilities, tank farms typically employ little capability to detect the ingress of suspicious persons and materials. As such, and since diesel fuel is under the right conditions quite combustible, tank farms are particularly vulnerable to attack by explosives. Given that tank farms are often adjacent to rail yards, rail terminals, intermodal yards and the like, the consequences of an attack could be significant.

Duos' custom, turn-key automated security and remote digital video surveillance systems establish a security zone (virtual perimeter) around tank farms. A combination of intelligent video interpretation software and hardware automatically performs highly reliable detection of moving objects. The system distinguishes between authorized and unauthorized vehicles and personnel. Unauthorized persons and vehicles are considered intruders unless the system has been deactivated for maintenance.

Some of the tank farm surveillance solutions Duos can provide:

• Automatic detection of intruders and suspicious objects left behind (or removed) within a user defined video security zone.
• Automatic detection of persons or vehicles in a designated area.
• Many more rule-based system settings.

Upon perimeter breach, the system automatically deploys audio and visual alarms, processes live video feed and creates a video digital archive. Local and remote operators simultaneously view and control cameras positioned throughout the tank farm by means of a customized, intuitive Graphic User Interface (GUI) allowing simultaneous viewing of live video, operation of PTZ cameras, and monitoring of the entire security system.

Click here for a typical Duos Technologies application-specific diesel tank farm security solution.