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The excitement around using remote video monitoring services to secure outdoor sites and generate RMR continues to grow. The key to the success of video monitoring services for outdoor security is accurate alarms that can be quickly verified. Central stations need to trust the legitimacy of an alert and be able to determine the urgency and scope of the situation in real time to take appropriate actions.

Safeguarding outdoor assets, whether commercial sites like maintenance yards and car lots or critical sites like airports and refineries comes down to the same thing: Accurate detection and detailed information about the event in real time. While there are many technologies for intruder detection, combining reliable alerts with knowledge about what is happening and where it is happening is perhaps the most important criteria.

Thermal cameras, when combined with video analytics, have long been considered the best way to detect people in the outdoors. At one time, they were used primarily only for the most critical sites. But innovations and advancements, along with price reductions, now make them available for more common security applications, like for preventing theft and vandalism. We’ve written this article to help explain how a thermal imaging camera works and why it represents a great choice for outdoor security.