Safety & Security Hardware
Safety and security hardware include hardware products that are used to
secure and protect the people and their property. These products include
latest innovations in life safety and security door hardware, integrated
door security systems, and range from padlocks, safes and timers to window
guards, fire safe security system, security chains and smoke detectors.
An important aspect but often neglected one
During the process of checking and maintaining existing facilities, or in
the design of new buildings, homes and offices, the life safety and security
features, which the locks and doors can provide tend to be overlooked as to
the significant role they can play. This leads to designs that do not take
the benefit of simple life safety and security solutions; expensive and
unneeded changes during the life of the building; and band-aid solutions
that can satisfy only an emotional response.
Though every building and construction uses door and windows hardware, very
few are designed to take the full advantage of the huge role these products
can play in making safer environments for the people living in them. These
hardware products can provide important safety and security features as a
first line of defense - features, which remain comparatively inexpensive for
the security solutions they supply.
Type
Some of the important categories of safety and security hardware include -
| Padlocks |
Locksets |
Fire Safe Security System |
Security Chains and Cables |
| Safes |
Smoke Detectors / Alarms |
Child Safety |
Tagging Devices |
| Timers |
Home Monitoring |
Electricity Motors |
Window Guards |
Recent Trends & Developments
Think about some of the most favorite places that conduct business in some
sense - from popular tourist attractions to shopping malls to small retail
establishments. All of these places render an environment where the general
public never thinks about safety or security. They enter these places with
the trust that they will walk out safely. It is primarily because of the
hardware and technology that keep people safe and secure, however in people
generally don't give due credit to these. An unfortunate fallout of the
success of security hardware was that these products often received
insufficient funding in places, such as malls, schools, and other "soft
targets." People were unused to think in terms of prevention.
However, in the last few years though, since 9/11, there has been a
significant rise in the level of awareness people have about the safety of
their life and property. Unfortunate incidents, such as the Virginia tech
shootings and even the recent killings at suburban shopping malls have only
compounded this awareness.
Though these incidents are dark moments in the history of mankind, they
have served as a wake up call to our society that safety and security is not
something, which should be taken for granted. Because of this increased
awareness, priorities are being shifted and builders are now starting to
think about not just how they should respond to an emergency situation, but
how to forbid one.
Due to this increased awareness about safety and security aspects in
buildings, the sale of demand for safety and security hardware products in
increasing and this growth is expected to continue in the near future.
Some Important Facts - Global Safety & Security Hardware Industry
- The revenues from global security industry are expected to increase
from $6 billion in 2005 to $13.6 billion in 2010.
- The approximate value of biometrics market was worth $2bn in 2006 and
is projected to be worth $3.5bn by 2008 and $6bn by 2010.
- The global market for IP-based video surveillance was valued $560
million in 2005 and the market is growing at by 45% annually.
- The residential security market in Europe is expected to grow up to
approximately 2 billion Euro by 2012.
- Since 9/11, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its
authorities have paid private contractors in excess of $130 billion.
According to sources, the U.S. Homeland security market is forecast to
be between $75 and $100 billion.
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