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Environment Agency adds value to their CCTV networks

The ability to view live images from existing CCTV cameras at strategic locations assists in their efforts to prevent and manage flood situations

North Yorkshire, UK – 5th October 2010 – Vemotion Interactive today announced the successful completion of a pilot scheme, conducted in partnership with Shropshire County Council.  Under this project, Vemotion video compression technology was used to allow real-time video images to be streamed from the Council’s CCTV control room over low bit rate networks such as GSM.

An interface from the standard mobile phone network was used to transmit the video over the Internet using GPRS, enabling Environment Agency staff to access these images on their laptops from any location.  

Over 2.5 million properties in England and Wales are at risk from flooding from rivers or from the sea.  Changes in our climate, such as more severe storms and wetter winters, serve to increase this risk.  The Environment Agency through the management of land, river systems, and flood and coastal defenses can reduce the probability of flooding.

Following the summer 2007 floods and in line with the recommendations within the Pitt Review, the Environment Agency and the Met Office have been examining ways to combine their expertise to provide a comprehensive picture of national flood risk, from developing weather through to the actual flood event itself.  

Within its overall measures to improve flood management and reduce the risk of flooding, the Environment Agency was looking for cost effective ways to leverage existing infrastructure. 

The Vemotion Encoder provides a highly efficient video compression and transmission that ensures that the quality video images can be reliably transmitted over very low bandwidth connections.  The pilot scheme identified a low cost solution that enabled Environment Agency staff to leverage existing CCTV networks to gain additional up-to-the minute intelligence on areas prone to flooding in order to manage the situation and minimise the risk.

Following the successful trial in Shropshire, the Environment Agency is looking to roll out the solution to other areas across the UK.

A full case study can be viewed at http://www.vemotion.com/resources/case-studies/

About Vemotion

Vemotion enables the cost effective transmission of real time video from mobile cameras to CCTV control rooms and from CCTV control rooms out to field personnel to enhance operational support in a wide variety of environments.

For further information visit:- www.vemotion.com