How surveillance cameras will help respond to potential flood areas

AMERICAN FORK, Utah — Surveillance cameras at the moment are getting used to assist fight the rising flood waters across the state.

It’s because of a partnership between the state and an American Fork firm.

The cameras look very like surveillance cameras regulation enforcement put in areas that want further monitoring.

They’re solar-powered, which makes it comparatively simple to place them wherever and get extra eyes on what’s taking place because the soften picks up.

“We’re at a heightened state of alert proper now and that coordination is going on by means of the Division of Emergency Administration,” Gov. Spencer Cox mentioned at an occasion in American Fork Wednesday.

He defined emergency managers will be capable of use these cameras to keep watch over many elements of the state from one central location.

They’ll ship out assist as wanted.

“It’s a staff method, all arms on deck,” American Fork mayor Brad Frost mentioned.

He known as it a giant deal to have this type of assist from an area enterprise – Reside View Applied sciences, or LVT.

Whereas solely a handful of cameras are up proper now greater than 20 others will log on over the following couple of days.

Cox mentioned, “I wish to say it seems nice up to now. We really feel actually good about issues however the draw back is I simply traveled all the way in which up by means of northern Utah. I went all the way in which to Wealthy County, over to Bear Lake, after which right down to Logan and what I noticed is there’s nonetheless means an excessive amount of snow up there that hasn’t even began to soften.”

Native governments may even use the cameras to watch their areas. Anybody else who needs to examine in can accomplish that right here.