
Advanced
Security Measures for Car Parking
We start our thinking with the ways cars,
parking and security intersect.
First, we make the assumption that the term
“cars” also includes drivers, passengers and car contents, where appropriate.
We then suggest that cars require protection from events that occur outside a
parking garage (weather, fire, attack, etc.) as well as events inside a parking
garage (accidental damage, fire, sabotage, theft, etc.). Conversely, we suggest
that security measures also include keeping people and property nearby a car
parking garage protected from the cars and their contents (e.g. terrorists or
explosives within cars).
Thinking
Out Loud
It’s easy to understand that the biggest
advancement in parking garage security measures starts by putting parking
underground…but, not directly under a building. Tons of earth acts like as
containment or a barrier addressing many of our internal-external protection
issues. It also eliminates any uncertainties about entry and exit points to the
parking area.
The next largest step is to remove people
from the parking area…this not only keeps them safe but eliminates the
opportunity for them to do damage to cars or the garage or to do damage outside
the garage. Now, let’s get the brain cells working and focus on the
possibilities of an underground automated parking system (garage).
Because drivers and passengers are removed
from vehicles before they are parked, there’s an opportunity for cars to be
thoroughly scanned, inspected and tested prior to being transported to a
parking space. That might include:
- · x-ray or air/chemical-sniffing
- · electronic scanning and testing
- · thermal imaging or acoustical testing
- · remote visual inspection, and
- · any other measure to ensure a car contains no dangerous devices or hidden people.
Underground, it’s easier to isolate parked
cars from electromagnetic radiation. That could include interrupting radio and
cell phone waves that might trigger or activate devices. It might also include
special shielding from electromagnetic pulses designed to damage sensitive
electronics.
Imagine also protecting backup electrical
services and generators within the automated parking system so that it remains
usable after an external disturbance that disrupts the electrical supply.
While we’re at it, we could suggest remote
monitoring and authority for operation of the parking system. Operators have
the chance to see and interrogate drivers and passengers before allowing them
to exit the parking facility and before allowing cars to enter the parking
area…a significant deterrent to any type of mischief or attack.
This might well be the parking garage with
the most advanced security arrangements.
Why not contact your Skyline Parkingrepresentative to discuss your parking security challenges.
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