NSW Police Minister, David Campbell MP, officiate at the opening of SNP Security’s new headquarters in West Ryde, on 21st August 2008.
Housing the new Grade A1 monitoring system, the new Monitoring Centre exceeded the grading requirements for high possible Australian standard.
Construction required over 80km of Ethernet cabling, 50km of electrical cabling and its own electrical sub-station to meet power needs.
With a client list exceeding 30,000, including many well-known Australian companies and landmarks, it was critical that SNP Security’s new centre keeps functioning under any circumstance. Over 23 million alarm events are logged each year, with 129,000 alarm events requiring further action.
Therefore, the centre has been designed as a self-contained bunker underground, with dual UPS systems (un-interruptible power supply), redundant and self-contained air conditioning, standby emergency generator housed inside the building and special telecommunication paths to ensure that data lines cannot be severed.
The site has been fitted with the advanced technology in CCTV monitoring equipment ensuring that any sign of an issue is detected and recorded.
Within the centre, external seismic alarms detect any possible attack, triggering full emergency alerts and diverting all alarm events to second Grade A1 Monitoring Centre, located in Newcastle.
This ability to deliver full disaster recovery and redundancy is completed through dual 1 and 2mb telecommunication pipe.
SNP Security Managing Director, Tom Roche says every possible scenario and plan was considered in developing the new site.
“We wanted to get everything right: for our staff, for our clients and for the industry,” said Tom Roche.
“This is an exciting time for us, as SNP Security is now in the enviable position of being able to provide superior support to the NSW Police force and the general community,” said Tom Roche.