In 2010, Athens Regional Health System realized the need for
an upgrade in their security system. While searching for the right company to
partner with, they came upon CooperCraft Communications.
“When I came on board back in 2009, we had two
different access control systems. We were also in need of a larger Security
Control Center and many upgrades to our CCTV monitors and cameras,” says Bruce L.
Powers, Director of Security Services at Athens Regional Health Systems. “The
hospital needed a way to simplify our security systems.
It was decided that we would conduct the
security overhaul in three total phases, beginning in 2010 and the decision to
partner with CooperCraft was made after our team conducted site visits and saw
the work that CooperCraft had already completed for other hospitals our size.” The
first phase was to cut the existing 161 analog cameras recording on GE DVRs, to
Axis Q7900 and Q291 encoder racks. The video was moved to OnSSI recording
platform, running on Intransa VA210 video servers. There were also 10 I.P.
cameras added in this phase. There was also a
need for an upgraded control center, which was also completed during Phase One
of the security upgrades. The next steps in phase one of the security overhaul
was to cutover a total of 25 doors from an ACDB access control system to
S2.This added more doors to the original S2 install of 32 doors. In addition,
there were 66 new doors added on S2. Phase one was complete in August of 2011.
Phase two began that same month with 12 additional IP cameras and 17 more doors
added to the S2 system, all of which were completed in March 2012. The third
phase began with transitioning the parking deck card access system to S2. There
are a total of 10 card readers on the parking lots and decks of the hospital
campus. During this install, 7 IP cameras were added and 4 exterior cameras
were added for security of the perimeter of the hospital. While the three
phases are completed, CooperCraft Communications continues to partner with Athens
Regional Health Systems on several small, routine projects. “We are very
satisfied with all of the products and service we received with CooperCraft.
The integration of our systems and new installs of cameras have simplified our
jobs. We are able to protect our patients, as well as our employees. The
service we get from CooperCraft is exceptional,” said Powers.
Tom Ham, Project Manager and Technician with
CooperCraft Communications, provides service to Athens Regional on a daily
basis.” “The service we get from Tom and everyone else at CooperCraft is excellent.
We are proud to have partnered with them
and look forward to working with them in the future” said Terri Payne, Security
Services Department Coordinator at Athens Regional Health System
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