Featuring 100 attractions in 13 European theme areas and five hotels, the 94 hectare Europa-Park in Rust, Germany integrated its security system into a comprehensive building management solution to improve security and park management using SeeTec VMS. This allows all cameras and subsections to be accessed and operated centrally from one control station. Additionally, the system should be able to cover the perimeter security from one single source. Malsch installer vi2vi implemented the system.
Featuring 100 attractions in 13 European theme areas and five hotels, the 94 hectare Europa-Park in Rust, Germany integrated its security system into a comprehensive building management solution to improve security and park management using SeeTec VMS. This allows all cameras and subsections to be accessed and operated centrally from one control station. Additionally, the system should be able to cover the perimeter security from one single source. Malsch installer vi2vi implemented the system.
“A large compound like the Europa-Park is difficult to manage decently without proper technical support,” explained Reinhard Egner, Consulting Engineering of Europa-Park “That's why we need to be informed about all the incidents occurring on our premises.” The park management began searching for a video solution in 2008 that could meet demands beyond safety concerns such as theft prevention and divergences between visitors.
As a basic prerequisite, the project management stated the integration of all applied systems, including a burglary and fire alarm system and the SeeTec software. SeeTec software met all the requirements of a centralized solution, and is future-proof with its scalability features, and the multi solution platform offers a variety of extension options, so that individual customer requests and needs can be taken into account easily, said Mathias Bechler, PM for vi2vi. SeeTec is linked to the security and building management software by means of the multi solution platform, so that information is gathered in SeeTec and made available for the user via Advancis's PSIM software.
Hence, a smooth cooperation of both systems is ensured. VCA is used as a further component of the platform. Thus, the surveillance of the park fences is based on virtual tripwires, which guarantee the security of visitors accidentally straying from the preset paths, but also secure the park against trespassing outside the opening hours. As soon as the markings are crossed, the security staff in the control station receives an alarm notification and can react immediately.
In order to preserve the visitors' privacy, the park operators rely on the segmentation of the security staff in several authorization groups. Thus, settings have been applied in the SeeTec configuration, which for instance allow particular users to browse through the recordings, but not to edit or export them. With the SeeTec mobile VMS and web-based VMS, the security personnel also uses mobile access options to be informed actively about incidents and to be able to react immediately when walking across the grounds.