New Safe City Project in Israel’s Ramat HaSharon
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The Israeli city of Ramat HaSharon decided to expand and upgrade its safe city and smart city projects, conducted in cooperation with Magal Security Systems.
In 2013 Magal supplied the municipality with an integrated solution for a safe city project, including a primary control center working around the clock, a backup control center. dozens of cameras and public wireless access points, in addition to a public announcement system and an alarm system connected to kindergartens, public buildings and central areas.
The municipality and Magal decided to upgrade the project in 2014, by laying down a network of optical fibers covering 80% of the city and installing other emergency applications. There’s a planned increase in the number of cameras, as well.
IHLS – Israel Homeland Security
Amos Magoz, director of the municipal control center in Ramat HaSharon, said that the center attracts visitors from all over the world interested in implementing similar solutions in their own cities. The municipality General Director, Perach Melec, added that the municipal computing array and the technological infrastructure are a development catalyst for civilian services. “The communications infrastructure is an important service for residents, for a higher quality of life and better security during emergencies. During the last municipal event 4,000 people used our free internet, with 500 concurrent users during peak hours.”
The general concepts of the projects were developed by Mayor Yitzhak Rochberger, while the project itself is headed by Zachi Shalom, director of technologies at the municipal computing array.
Eitan Livne, President and CEO of Magal, said: “We consider the safe city application a part of a greater whole meant to improve local quality of life. We have a lot of experience implementing projects in cities and critical sites.”
