WCCTV win National Grid tender

Rochdale-based Wireless CCTV (WCCTV) has won the tender to manufacture, install, and monitor rapid deployment intrusion detection systems across many of National Grids sites for the next 3 years.

David Gilbertson, Managing Director, said: “Winning this tender confirms WCCTV’s market leading position in the manufacture of Mobile Surveillance Solutions. Over 90 companies received the initial tender documentation so I am delighted that our bid was successful.”

WCCTV are to supply and install their re-deployable Tower solution across many National Grid sites, they will be used as deterrent system to prevent intrusion and theft on site.

The systems are monitored remotely on an alarm basis, when intrusion is detected an audible message is delivered to the intruder, if they do not leave site escalation to the key holder occurs immediately.

WCCTV’s Tower can be rapidly moved from site to site. If power is lost at any time, the system automatically issues an alarm to the control room and switches to a back up battery located within the tower to enable surveillance to continue. The Tower also has an integral evidential recording device to capture information.