Always On: How Health Monitoring and Recovery Keep Surveillance Units Running During and After Natural Disasters

In an era marked by a seemingly endless lineup of unprecedented events and disasters, it’s safe to say we’re all getting a little tired. Each catastrophe seems to be more devastating and deadly than the last, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed trying to expect the unexpected.

As natural disasters only grow worse and more frequent, it’s more important than ever that your security system remains operational in all conditions. Security tech and other critical infrastructure are notorious for failing during disasters, which is when you need that layer of protection more than ever. 

System health monitoring and recovery keep your surveillance technology up and running in rain or shine, so your natural disaster management plans can protect what matters most to you. Discover how smart health monitoring and automated recovery protocols from LiveView Technologies can mitigate risk and provide peace of mind when things go wrong.

Surveillance: A Disaster Essential 

In a disaster situation—such as a wildfire, hurricane, or flood—your surveillance system can prove invaluable in mitigating damage, improving response times, and ultimately saving lives. 

When your security system is in good working order during times of crisis, it can serve a few essential purposes. 

First, it can aid in the protection of key assets. In an emergency, surveillance allows key personnel to maintain a watchful eye over essential structures. This can prevent crime such as looting or tampering, and help management to quickly identify damage to power grids, utility lines, and more. It can also protect important facilities such as hospitals and shelters during times of chaos. 

Second, surveillance can help keep responders safe and informed. Your camera system can provide key information and greater situational awareness to authorities in real time, to make for better tracking and response coordination. 

Third and finally, a security system can aid in disaster relief by monitoring crowds and vulnerable areas, maintaining safety for the public and alerting officials to potential needs for rescue and rebuilding.

Potential Surveillance Issues During Natural Disasters

By their very nature, disaster situations can have unpredictable effects on surveillance systems and other infrastructure. Stressors such as extreme temperatures, fire, strong winds, and flooding can cause physical damage and service outages. 

When an environmental hazard creates a security “blind spot” or “dead zone” during a natural disaster, your property is left unnecessarily vulnerable to damage and crime. 

What Is Health Monitoring? 

No security system is complete without health monitoring services. Embedded within the software itself, system health monitoring consists of fault detection, diagnostics and notification so repairs can happen in a timely manner. 

These monitoring systems typically scan for inconsistencies in power usage, motion or vibration, temperature, or network connectivity in real time, so the issue can be rectified before it snowballs into a system-wide catastrophe. Most health monitoring mechanisms can be integrated with your security system’s control center or dashboard, so proactivity and proper maintenance don’t take a backseat to other disaster mitigation duties.

Types of Recovery Tech

With every second of downtime, a surveillance system failure puts more and more people and assets at risk. Self-healing mechanisms and recovery technology are your first line of defense against security lapses.

Built-in recovery tech can come in several different forms. Simple firmware recovery, remote rebooting, cloud-based reconfiguration, automatic network rejoin attempts, and other self-healing protocols can minimize your cameras’ downtime and help keep your assets safe from harm.

LiveView Technologies: Built for the Unknown 

In a world that’s proven anything can happen at a moment’s notice, every business, government, and organization needs to take its plans for natural disaster management seriously. If you truly want to plan for the future and prepare for potential disasters, LiveView Technologies is the smartest choice in the industry for reliable security technology. We’ve assembled a list of the most valuable functions and benefits of an LVT system, especially for emergency situations. 

Communication

In a natural disaster, there’s nothing more important than maintaining clear, reliable communication channels between authorities, personnel, and the public. Footage from LVT cameras can be shared in real time between agencies and response teams, facilitating important collaboration and decision-making in the most crucial of moments.

Situational Awareness 

The right surveillance system will give you a comprehensive view of the situation at hand—especially in a disaster—so you can act quickly when it counts. With high-resolution video cameras, 360-degree coverage, as well as secure, insightful data collection, LVT’s top-of-the-line security systems are perfectly equipped to provide all the crucial information you need in a time of crisis. 

Preparedness  

You can never be too ready when disaster strikes. LVT systems gather and analyze historical data to identify risks long before the crisis ensues, empowering your efforts to prepare for and mitigate future emergencies. 

At LiveView Technologies, we are continually investing in and innovating disaster readiness and health monitoring capabilities. No other company in the surveillance system industry is as committed as we are to your preparedness, and we promise the highest standard of technology and dependability. 

Efficiency 

Track disasters and rebuild well with highly accurate LVT surveillance technology. Motion detection and remote monitoring allow you to keep tabs on incidents from wherever you are, and video analytics help assess damage after the fact for fast and accurate rescue and rebuilding. 

Flexibility 

At LiveView Technologies, we’re best known for one offering in particular: our mobile surveillance units. Equipped with remote monitoring, independent power with a battery backup, integrations and more, LVT’s mobile surveillance units offer greater flexibility than any industry rival so you can respond fast to evolving emergencies. 

Resilience 

Last but certainly not least, your security system should be resilient and able to withstand extreme conditions. Beyond rugged, weatherproof hardware, easy and intuitive maintenance, and AI-powered system learning, LVT has created “crisis-proof” security technology through innovative health monitoring and recovery protocols. These built-in failsafes ensure that you see bugs in the system and potential hazards before they shut your whole system down, protecting both your investment and the things and people you protect. 

Prepare for Anything With LVT 

Fairweather security might have flown in the past, but we live in a world that requires higher standards from security providers. At LVT, we believe resilience shouldn’t be a luxury, it should be the standard. A surveillance suite from LiveView Technologies will always come prepared with highly advanced health monitoring services and recovery protocols, because your security system should always stay on. 

Harness LVT’s industry-leading technology to maintain the gold standard of security through thick and thin, optimize your natural disaster management and situational awareness, and more effectively protect your community from whatever may come its way. 

You’re just a few steps away from creating a more secure and resilient tomorrow for your organization and community. Request your free demo now.