CCTV Storage

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Dear Kent Fire and Rescue Service,

Under the freedom of Information Act – I was hoping to obtain the following information:
Name(s) of person telephone number and email address of person responsible for managing CCTV and the Data. Who is responsible for purchasing CCTV and Data Storage of CCTV.
I also seek answers to the following questions:
How many cameras do you manage today More than 100? Or less than 100? Is that growing?
How do you store and manage your video today? (Network Video Recorders? Enterprise Storage?)
Has your company ever lost video, or experienced poor-quality playback of video files?
How critical is video to your company? What is the impact of not being able to access video or record video?
When was the last time you refreshed your surveillance storage hardware?
Do you have an upgrade/refresh date? If so when?
What is your budget for the refresh?

Yours faithfully,

Jay Rouf

Information Officer, Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Dear Jay

 

Thank you for your enquiry. I have answered each question in turn

 

1.            Name(s) of person telephone number and email address of
person responsible for managing CCTV and the Data. Who is responsible for
purchasing CCTV and Data Storage of CCTV.

 

We do not provide the names or contact details of officers within KFRS. If
you wish to contact the Authority as a potential supplier, please email
[1][email address]  stating the services the you can provide.
Please note we do not guarantee to contact you should a relevant tender be
issued, and we only hold your details for a year before they are
destroyed.  The Authority advertises new procurement opportunities on the
Authority’s website [2]http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/about-us/pro...  ,
the Kent Business Portal and on the Government's "Contracts Finder”

 

2.            How many cameras do you manage today More than 100? Or less
than 100? Is that growing?

 

Fewer than 100

 

3.            How do you store and manage your video today? (Network Video
Recorders? Enterprise Storage?) Has your company ever lost video, or
experienced poor-quality playback of video files?

 

Data is stored on devices and deleted every thirty days. We have no record
of any data loss – this element of your request is therefore refused under
Section One of the Freedom of Information Act – information not held. We
also have no record of any quality issues - this element of your request
is therefore refused under Section One of the Freedom of Information Act –
information not held.

 

4.            How critical is video to your company? What is the impact of
not being able to access video or record video?

 

This element of your request is refused under Section One of the Freedom
of Information Act – information not held, as it is asking for an opinion,
not data.

 

5.            When was the last time you refreshed your surveillance
storage hardware?

 

2015.

 

6.            Do you have an upgrade/refresh date? If so when?

 

We have no plans at the current time.

 

7.            What is your budget for the refresh?

 

As we have no plans at the current time we have not identified any
budgetary equipment. If we had, it is likely we would refuse this under
section 43 of the Act – commercial sensitivity.

 

Best regards

 

James Finch| Assistant Director Policy & Performance | Kent Fire & Rescue
Service | Tel: 01622 692121 x8453

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