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Fast paced food restaurants are ideal candidates for video security cameras.
The long hours, employee turnover, high foot traffic, and numerous customers make fast food restaurants and franchises susceptible to theft and crime.
A well-installed video camera system will keep customers, employees, and the property safe.
Why should your fast food location choose for an Megapixall solution?
Chain Restaurant Surveillance Benefits
- Theft Prevention– Well placed security cameras are shown to reduce crime and theft. Installing high definition cameras will help you more easily identify perpetrators and criminals when and if an event occurs at your restaurant.
- Quality Control: Keeping cleanliness and adhering to the health code is important to every restaurant and fast food chain. Well placed security cameras throughout your kitchen will ensure that your staff keeps up to your standards and health codes at all times. This will keep your customers safe as well as please your local health inspectors.
- Remote live monitoring: Whether you’re using an NVR (Network Video Recorder) or a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) you will be able to broadcast your HD security footage over the internet. This will allow you to check up on any of your cameras at any time. This is especially beneficial if you manage multiple franchises or a particularly large restaurant.
- Flexibility: Newer HD video systems offer a lot of flexibility. With higher resolution and various transmission types, you can mix and match cameras and technology to achieve optimal performance.
- Theft Prevention– Well placed security cameras are shown to reduce crime and theft. Installing high definition cameras will help you more easily identify perpetrators and criminals when and if an event occurs at your restaurant.
- Quality Control: Keeping cleanliness and adhering to the health code is important to every restaurant and fast food chain. Well placed security cameras throughout your kitchen will ensure that your staff keeps up to your standards and health codes at all times. This will keep your customers safe as well as please your local health inspectors.
- Remote live monitoring: Whether you’re using an NVR (Network Video Recorder) or a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) you will be able to broadcast your HD security footage over the internet. This will allow you to check up on any of your cameras at any time. This is especially beneficial if you manage multiple franchises or a particularly large restaurant.
- Flexibility: Newer HD video systems offer a lot of flexibility. With higher resolution and various transmission types, you can mix and match cameras and technology to achieve optimal performance.
Quick Service Restaurant Security Camera Risks
- Camera Privacy: Customer and employee privacy are very important. Help to protect their privacy by installing cameras in public areas such as dining rooms, lobbies, offices, kitchens, drive-through lanes, and cash registers.
- Theft and Vandalism: Potential thieves will often times target security camera before a theft by vandalizing the cameras. Cameras that are damaged or even stolen can cause gaps in your security video footage and can leave a restaurant very susceptible to crime or theft. It’s important to have a backup security plan so you may protect your customers, employees, and the restaurant in the event one of your security cameras are damaged or stolen.
- Power Outages: Electrical surges and power outages can cause plenty of problems to your surveillance system. Even strong storms or wind gusts can cause damage to your security camera system. This can lead to interruptions in your security recording. Always take precautions when installing your cameras to make sure you have proper backups and surge protection.
- Camera Privacy: Customer and employee privacy are very important. Help to protect their privacy by installing cameras in public areas such as dining rooms, lobbies, offices, kitchens, drive-through lanes, and cash registers.
- Theft and Vandalism: Potential thieves will often times target security camera before a theft by vandalizing the cameras. Cameras that are damaged or even stolen can cause gaps in your security video footage and can leave a restaurant very susceptible to crime or theft. It’s important to have a backup security plan so you may protect your customers, employees, and the restaurant in the event one of your security cameras are damaged or stolen.
- Power Outages: Electrical surges and power outages can cause plenty of problems to your surveillance system. Even strong storms or wind gusts can cause damage to your security camera system. This can lead to interruptions in your security recording. Always take precautions when installing your cameras to make sure you have proper backups and surge protection.
Fast Food CCTV Considerations
- Consider your biggest security needs and build your system around it.
- How many times has an incident occurred and you wished you had caught the incident on camera?
- Over the past year have you had any problems?
- How is your restaurant currently set up?
- Do you provide a seating area such as a dining room and drive-through service?
- Do you only offer a Drive-thru service?
- How is your neighborhood? Does your location contribute to your overall security?
- What are your working hours? Are your hours extended or all-day hours?
- If your business works around the clock consider that employees working those night shift hours (12AM-8AM) may possibly need more stringent surveillance due to the heightened security risk of crime and robberies.
- Consider your biggest security needs and build your system around it.
- How many times has an incident occurred and you wished you had caught the incident on camera?
- Over the past year have you had any problems?
- How is your restaurant currently set up?
- Do you provide a seating area such as a dining room and drive-through service?
- Do you only offer a Drive-thru service?
- How is your neighborhood? Does your location contribute to your overall security?
- What are your working hours? Are your hours extended or all-day hours?
- If your business works around the clock consider that employees working those night shift hours (12AM-8AM) may possibly need more stringent surveillance due to the heightened security risk of crime and robberies.
Setting Up Franchise Security Cameras
- Install cameras at all open areas such as lobbies, kitchens, dining areas, drive-through lanes, offices, and cash registers.
- All entrances, exits and drive-thru lanes should have fixed cameras covering them so you may record a clear picture of every visitor or customer that exits or enters your restaurant
- Cash registers and administrative areas should also have fixed cameras installed covering them. This will help protect your assets and employees
- Security cameras should also be placed outside ( perimeter cameras, parking lots, etc) to help protect your outdoor play areas, dining areas, and parking lot.
- Install cameras at all open areas such as lobbies, kitchens, dining areas, drive-through lanes, offices, and cash registers.
- All entrances, exits and drive-thru lanes should have fixed cameras covering them so you may record a clear picture of every visitor or customer that exits or enters your restaurant
- Cash registers and administrative areas should also have fixed cameras installed covering them. This will help protect your assets and employees
- Security cameras should also be placed outside ( perimeter cameras, parking lots, etc) to help protect your outdoor play areas, dining areas, and parking lot.
Fast Food Security Camera Systems
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