LIVE FIRE SHOOT HOUSE

LIVE FIRE SHOOT HOUSE!

LIVE FIRE SHOOT HOUSE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE!

This is a project where we will be installing a Video Surveillance System inside of a live fire shoot house! This will be used for after action reports. This is a great way of training, and running teams through a live fire scenarios of Dynamic Breach, and Close Quarter Marksmanship, and to allow the team members to review the video sequences of securing a "house", "building", or a "boat".

For more info about video surveillance in a shoot house, or firing range email us at sales@scorpiontheater.com, or call 321 505 3734.

This style of a shoot house is used by S.W.A.T, Special Ops, Sherrif's, LE, ICE, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, FBI, HomeLand Security, and with the Intelligence Communities.

First you will need to look at your shoot house.

Is there power at the shoot house site?

Is it enclosed, or is it under a pole barn?

Will the equipment be protected, or exposed to the weather?

Where will the DVR, and the monitor be stored?

How will the team review the video, and engage in the After Action Report?

Will this be an open air, or an enclosed classroom?

Will other agencies, and LE be using the shoothouse?

How do you protect the cameras from flying brass?

What is the best camera positions to view the breaching of the entrance, and clearing room by room?

Would you want a camera mounted high to look down on the "maze".

How will you signal time start, time stop, and emergency cease fire?

The following pictures, and descriptions will be from a live fire shoot house. The site location will remain anonymous for security purposes. We will not go in to the Shoot house design, or specifications.

The shoot house has a perfectly flat concrete floor to minimize richochet. The walls are steel with 3/4 plywood covering. Entrances are specially designed Breach Doors. The shoot house has a pole barn for a roof.

In this installation an 8 channel DVR is used for 8 cameras.

The cameras chosen for this install are "ball" cameras that have impact resistance, and have a Vari Focal Lens of 2.8mm - 12mm, and have an IR capability of 30 feet rated at 60 feet of IR in the Specification Sheet. Measure the camera mount position to the viewing area, and double this distance for your IR distance if used in dard environments, or used at night time. Note video using IR will be in black, and white.

Cameras are mounted near the top of the walls looking down toward the room's entry door. The vari focal cameras are set for the widest viewing angle possible. Note that wide angle lenses create a distance distortion. Things will appear farther away in the video compared to real life. To minimize distance distortion then set the cameras away from super wide viewing angles. The trade off is to get as much of the room as possible in this installation, and distance distortion is not of the essence.

The equipment will be stored in a Conex. This installation is exposed to extreme summer heat, and humidity. This has been taken in to account during the Site Survey prior to construction of the pole barn, and shoot house.

The after action report will be peformed outside of the conex, and a second monitor has been wired to a pole to be used in an open air environment. A monitor is also located in the conex with the DVR.

An 8 channel 12 volt power supply feeds power to all of the cameras, and to a strobe / siren combination to alert timed events, and cease fire conditions. The strobe / siren is controlled by a simple door bell in the conex, and also a second door bell is located in the shoot house in the main hallway.

Battering Ram goes...

BAM! BAM!

POLICE!

BAM! BAM! CRUNCH!

Door caves in!

Flash Bang Explodes!

FREEZE! GET ON THE GROUND!

Front Room Clear!
Rear Room Clear!

Pop! Pop! Live rounds shoot out of various weapons!

Building All Secure!

Cease fire! Cease fire!