The
Commander of the Civil Defense Operations Center in Hajj, Colonel Dr. Mohammed
bin Abdul-Aziz Abu Abah said that the
Civil Defense is following up the pilgrims movement by aerial surveillance in Mecca
and the Holy Sites. The aerial surveillance has been added to the Civil Defense
Operations Center this year, to create consistency between security control and
aerial surveillance during Hajj. He indicated that the Civil Defense was
represented in the closed-circuit television surveillance by the elements that
carry out the surveillance functions for the Civil Defense work.
Colonel Abu Abah
pointed out that joining the Civil Defense Operations Center in Hajj to the
National Center for unified security operations in Mecca enabled Civil Defense
to exploit the potentialities and advanced technologies and systems available
to the Civil Defense, such as the accident management system. It is a system of
interdependence and integration so that once the caller number appears, its
geographical location is identified. Upon the geographical location, the
communication is sent directly to the channel dedicated to it. All these stages
are carried out in a short period of time. He indicated that this system was
created according to geographic information systems provided with all sites of
service and security bodies or military bodies.
The
Commander of the Civil Defense Operations Center in Hajj stated that Civil Defense
relies heavily on these systems and modern technologies provided by the
government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. He added that the Civil
Defense tries to exploit and invest these systems and technologies optimally
under the standardization of databases and their contribution to the
responsiveness with the unified contact number (911) in Mecca. It is difficult
for pilgrims and visitors from outside the Kingdom to know all the previous
emergency numbers. The integration of all numbers in one number makes it easier
to receive these communications in several basic languages. He pointed out that
some communication devices are equipped with a camera which enables field
workers to add live video and audio of the immense flurry of action to be transferred
to the operations center. The device holder does not need to be located because
he is automatically connected to the operations center.
Abu Abah
pointed out that the center includes 160 wall-screen supervised by 120
observers. Each observer can see a very large number of sites at the same time.
Cameras’ sites are controlled according to the importance of the site and to
the movements of pilgrims. He noted that the Directorate General of Civil
Defense has cooperated and participated with many governmental, security and
military agencies
The
Commander of the Civil Defense Operations Center in Hajj, Colonel Dr. Mohammed
bin Abdul-Aziz Abu Abah said that the
Civil Defense is following up the pilgrims movement by aerial surveillance in
the Holy Capital and Sites. The aerial surveillance has been added to the Civil
Defense Operations Center this year, to create consistency between security
control and aerial surveillance in the Holy Capital and Sites. He indicated
that the civil defense was represented in the closed-circuit television
surveillance by the elements that carry out the surveillance functions for the
civil defense work.
Colonel Abu
Abah pointed out that joining the Civil Defense Operations Center in Hajj to
the National Center for unified security operations in Mecca enabled Civil
Defense to exploit the potentialities and advanced technologies and systems
available to the Civil Defense, such as the accident management system. It is a
system of interdependence and integration so that once the caller number
appears, its geographical location is identified. Upon the geographical
location, the communication is sent directly to the channel dedicated to it.
All these stages are carried out in a short period of time. He indicated that
this system was created according to geographic information systems provided
with all sites of service and security bodies or military bodies.
The
Commander of the Civil Defense Operations Center in Hajj stated that Civil Defense
relies heavily on these systems and modern technologies provided by the
government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. He added that the Civil
Defense tries to exploit and invest these systems and technologies optimally
under the standardization of databases and their contribution to the responsiveness
with the unified contact number (911) in Mecca. It is difficult for pilgrims
and visitors from outside the Kingdom to know all the previous emergency
numbers. The integration of all numbers in one number makes it easier to
receive these communications in several basic languages. He pointed out that
some communication devices are equipped with a camera which enables field
workers to add live video and audio of the immense flurry of action to be
transferred to the operations center. The device holder does not need to be
located because he is automatically connected to the operations center.
Abu Abah
pointed out that the center includes 160 wall-screen supervised by 120
observers. Each observer can see a very large number of sites at the same time.
Cameras’ sites are controlled according to the importance of the site and to
the movements of pilgrims. He noted that
the Directorate General of Civil Defense has cooperated and participated with
many governmental, security and military agencies