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 Southern
Door & Hardware's Security & Life Safety Division was created
to provide high-end superior quality security and life safety systems
from design through project management and installation. We at Southern
Door & Hardware view ourselves as partners with our clients in the
success our client’s business. We want to assist our partners throughout
the life cycle of their facility providing security and life safety solutions
that ensure the protection of people, property and assets. Our vast experience
in access control, closed circuit video and security systems will yield
the highest return per dollar spent while at the same time maximizing
protection of your facility.
 Southern
Door & Hardware is very unique among security organizations. We integrate
both security and life safety solutions. What does this mean for you and
your facility? Most of our competitors do not recognize or understand
the guidelines set forth in NFPA
101, Life Safety Code. This code governs how people can be moved through
your facility in the event of an emergency. Emergencies not only include
fires and acts of God, but may also include life-threatening attacks from
internal or external forces, such as the events of Columbine High School
or workplace violence. Our understanding of NFPA allows Southern Door
& Hardware to provide protection from not only external forces but
internal as well.
Southern Door & Hardware provides the following services to our clients:
- Access Control
- Facial Recognition
- Visitor & Asset Management
- Closed Circuit Video Systems
- Digital Recording
- Perimeter and Interior Intrusion Detection
- Specification Writing & Consulting
- Risk Analysis
- Functional/Technical/Physical Site Surveys
- Systems Design, Installation & Integration
- Reliability Testing & Evaluation
- Training
- Cost Estimates
- Service & Diagnostics
 In
addition to the services listed above, Southern Door & Hardware can
provide other systems such as nurse call, public address, metal detection,
video container and vehicle inspection as well as gates, bollards, turnstiles
and barricades.
Security is not an expense, but an investment. To that end, we provide
security solutions engineered and designed to meet your and your facility's
needs. Our focus is on you, our client and business partner. Understanding
your security needs is only a small part of the equation. By building
a relationship with you and understanding your organization and the markets
you serve, we can gain the knowledge not only to assist you now but also
into the future with long-range goals and planning. This halts rising
costs, produces bottom-line benefits, and increases productivity &
efficiency. Thus providing real "dollarization", the expected
time to recovery of each dollar spent on security.
Southern Door & Hardware offers a proven staff and provider partners.
Our security consultants have a vast array of experience & knowledge.
We have provided security solutions to Exxon, The Louisiana Superdome
& Entergy to name a few. Our core provider partners are:
- Lenel Systems International -
Providers of Access Control & Integrated Systems
- Pelco - The World Leader in
Closed Circuit Video Systems
- Vicon - World Class Video Systems and Video Switching
- Ingersoll-Rand - Providers of Access
Control Hardware and Life Safety Devices
- Southwest Microwave - Perimeter Intrusion, Wireless
LAN & Wireless Camera Systems
- Imagis - Facial Recognition
Technology
- Cross Match - 10 Finger-Print
Identification System
- BAE Systems - Infra-Red Night Vision
& Closed Circuit Television
Our provider partners are world-class organizations who are world renown
in their fields of expertise. We have assembled our business partners
to provide you the best security and protection for your facility. In
addition to these provider partners, we have many others such as Panasonic,
Altronix, Sony, Mitsubishi, and Phillips as well as most other major brands
of security equipment.
 Lenel
Systems International is a powerful access control & systems integration
provider. Lenel is the vendor of choice for Microsoft, Cisco, US Navy
and many others. Lenel provides a powerful open suite of software products
to meet any needs. Lenel’s On Guard® Access™ control platform
can integrate with a multitude of database systems such as Microsoft SQL
Server, Oracle, Microsoft MDSE, Access and many others. On Guard®
can interface with human resource applications such as People Soft and
SAP. What does this mean to you and your facility? It means reduced time
and energy managing your security systems and improving your bottom line.
Lenel also provides On Guard® Asset, asset location and management,
On Guard® Video™, digital video recording, On Guard® ID
Credential Center, identification and badging systems and On Guard®
Visitor, visitor management systems. Each of the On Guard® applications
may be use individually or integrated into one enterprise level application.
All of the Lenel Systems software and hardware is network ready and can
be accessed through your facility's existing LAN or WAN.
  Pelco
and Vicon are
two of the world leaders in closed circuit video. Pelco and Vicon provide
digital recording and video systems solutions to meet your needs. Pelco’s
housings and lenses are regarded as industry leaders. The housings range
from small indoor domes to pressurized and to explosion proof. The lens
range is an industry leader with lenses able to meet any application.
Vicon’s matrix switches and multiplexers are the best in the industry.
Casinos all over the world rely on Vicon matrixes and multiplexers. In
this day and age of increased airport security, American Airlines and
Vicon formed a partnership to design and build a video matrix system to
exceed all FAA standards and to provide the best in industry performance.
The result of this alliance was the V1500, a power matrix switch that
is IP addressable and able to control a large expanse of cameras and other
devices from around the facility to around the world. Pelco and Vicon
dome cameras are renowned for their versatility and durability. The cameras
are able to operate under the most demanding conditions. Digital recording
is rapidly replacing Video Cassette Recorders (VCRs) in many video applications.
Both manufacturers offer digital video recorders to meet most any need.
 Ingersoll-Rand
is the world’s leader in the door hardware and life safety equipment
industries. Ingersoll-Rand "IR" door hardware includes such
brands as Von Duprin, Schlage, LCN and Locknetics. In addition, Recognition
Systems Inc, an IR company, is a manufacturer of a biometric access control
reader that uses hand geometry. The HK-II, as it is known, has the lowest
level of false rejects (denying access to an individual who actually has
access to the facility), the highest level of false acceptance (allowing
access to an individual who does not have authority to enter the facility),
and the fastest processing of 1 second or better. IR is the world leader
in door hardware and life safety products. No other manufacturer offers
the level of security, durability and service of IR and its family of
companies.
 Southwest
Microwave has protected military and prison perimeters for over 3
decades. Southwest Microwave’s line of Intrepid fence protection
systems no only eliminates nuisance alarms but provides maximum protection
and location of intrusion, a unique feature unmatched in the industry.
 Imagis
systems are used by airports and municipalities around the world and are
the standard for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Imagis systems use
facial recognition to supply you with information of individuals who are
known threats or allow individuals access to your facility. The system
may be used to provide other information or identification functions without
the individual having any interaction with the system.
 Cross
Match Technologies, Inc. provides 10-fingerprint forensic scanning.
An individual's fingerprints are scanned into the system. Once scanned
the prints can be used to compare with law enforcement records for background
checks and security clearances.
 BAE
is a manufacturer of closed circuit video cameras using infrared thermal
imaging from Raytheon. BAE’s cameras can spot intrusion based on
changes in temperature. In zero light conditions the BAE camera can pierce
through the darkness and spot intruders. The BAE camera can be used in
a marine environment to locate objects on the water, including lost individuals
and cargo.
Southern Door & Hardware is committed to bringing value, professionalism
and cost effectiveness to everything we do. Our objectives are simple:
exceed customers goals and expectations while providing systems that maximize
value and return. We are the best choice to meet your and your facility's
needs for security now and into the future.
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