Installing a security camera system for your residence or business is a necessity that can not be overstressed. The devices these systems come with greatly assist in monitoring all kinds of facilities in the absence of supervision. Adding on, even when the owner is present he may not be able to monitor everything; after all he has only two eyes, and can only focus at one direction at a time. But security cameras will facilitate a wider view of the facility. The following case will give us a practical example of the benefit of having this technology in our property

Our story begins in the middle of the day in a small toy and candy store in the UK. The security camera in the store captures the footage of the cashier area very clearly. There is a female clerk attending another female customer. Suddenly a young boy walks in the store pretending to be interested in buying some candy and he stands behind the female customer. Through the store’s glass front we can see that another boy has just picked up a piece of paper, ignited it, and throws it into the display case of assorted candies located near the front entrance inside the store, and he runs off. The clerk is still addressing the customer at the register and is not paying attention to the burning display case. Keep in mind that the first boy is still standing inline inside the candy store. And the idea is that the cashier will pay attention to the fire and gets busy in trying to put it out while the boy steals some candy from the store for himself and his buddies whom are waiting eagerly for him outside the store. However it does not quite happen that way. What is actually happening is that the flame is beginning to grow in both the upper part of the display as well as the lower.

A customer walks into the store and notices the fire but he does not do anything about it. Meanwhile the boy standing in the store decides to save his life early in the process, and so he leaves the store and joins his gang of children, and they all run off and hide. The flames are now visible by the camera and they begin to flicker from both the upper and lower parts of the display. They gentleman standing in line looks at the fire one more time and then decides to tell the clerk about it. The clerk quickly goes to the back room of the store to get a fire extinguisher. She finds it and proceeds to use it on the fire. Another customer comes in the store and acts like he wants to give a hand to put out the fire. A boy also comes into the store. The clerk sprays the fire extinguisher on the flames as the two customers, helper, and boy watch her. The location of the fire makes it harder and harder for the people inside the store to escape it as the fire keeps growing. The people standing outside the store call on the clerk and customers inside to get out from the store before the fire blocks the main entrance. The clerk hands the fire extinguisher to the man who was willing to help and she escapes with the two customers. As soon she leaves, the boy grabs a couple of candies from the shop before he finally leaves and the man who was supposed to use the fire extinguisher quickly goes and grabs two bottles of beer and heads out. The temperature at this time reaches around 300 degrees centigrade. And the smoke is beginning the build to a level that is very dangerous for human life. A couple of seconds more and survival in this shop would be impossible.

The only way that anybody could have figured out who started the fire was by using the security footage of the store. The footage also revealed that you don’t have to have a weapon to be a thief. The time and location of the fire was also recorded which made it a lot easier for investigators to comprehend the incident.

All of this information and many more were collected by the video footage of the security camera. You can secure your property and protect it with these devices. Don’t underestimate their powers and install them today in your property.