A new world-class perimeter protection system from Future Fiber Technologies, has been launched to co-incide with the product’s first commercial installation in Florida.

Secure Zone is a mid range derivative of FFT’s proven flagship product, Secure Fence and is designed to fill a need in the market for a highly reliable yet cost-effective zone based intrusion detection solution.

This new product is equipped with FFT’s patented ARaD technology to overcome the traditional problems of nuisance alarms that are so common with current solutions. The technology uses signature recognition and advanced learning algorithms to “know” the difference between an environmental nuisance alarm and an attempted intrusion.

Bill Evenson, Vice president at FFT, says the company has developed Secure Zone at customers’ requests.

“Secure Zone has been developed to offer customers the best possible protection at the lowest possible cost of ownership,” Mr Evenson says. “By configuring the system so there are16 independent hardware zones, each up to 1600 ft in a single unit and by making installation considerably easier, we can deliver superior value-for-money.”

Mr Evenson says his company expects strong demand from those responsible for protecting airports, military bases, Government facilities, as well as energy infrastructure facilities such as oil refineries, petrochemical plants and power plants.

Simple and intuitive to use, Secure Zone has the ability to interface and activate CCTV systems, lighting, gates, email, plus a broad range of external devices and systems.

The area or zone in which an alarm is triggered is instantly displayed, and the event is automatically logged into a secure database. An alarm signal is then sent via dry contacts to a high level command and control system, CCTV camera system, or other external monitoring.

The low cost fiber optic sensor cable is easily attached to a fence to detect intrusion attempts. The system can be configured so that if the cable is cut in one zone, the remaining 15 zones continue to operate normally.

Secure Zone requires no electronics or power in the field, and it is easy and economical to install or expand. There is no field maintenance, and the fiber optic cable is unaffected by RFI, EMI, lightning or storms.

Its fiber optic connections can be all mechanical, so no special fiber optic skills are required, making installation even easier for systems integrators.