4 Features of Video Surveillance Ideal for Pool Areas

Specific features of a video surveillance system can cater directly to the safety and monitoring of your pool. Learn about the features and how to increase the daily safety of your home's pool.

A pool poses a danger to children and pets when the area is unsupervised. Before an accident occurs, you or another adult in the home could be alerted when someone goes near the pool. Certain video surveillance systems have motion detectors built in to activate the live camera feed when a person or object moves across the camera lens.

Through the system, you will access live video feeds on cell phones, tablets, or computers. When alerts are set up, you will instantly see a live video feed and know who or what is around the pool. While the cameras may pick up false alarms like moving pool floats or birds, receiving every alert will increase the safety and monitoring of the pool area.

If you are in the home, the motion detection allows you to quickly go out and check the pool area. Often, the notification will come to you before you hear a noise or a splash. In safety situations, every moment matters, and video cameras supply the video feed to help.

Teenagers love to cause trouble as they grow and mature. One habit teens are known for is pool hopping. Pool hopping occurs when a person sneaks into a public or private pool in the middle of the night. You do not want to worry about any theft or vandalism on top of this trespassing.

To help catch trespassers in the act and prevent vandalism, consider video surveillance with night vision features. Night vision will detect and show anyone using the pool at night. Along with possible pool hoppers, the night vision may detect nocturnal animals in the pool area. For example, you may spot raccoons snooping around the pool area.

If pests become a problem, you may implement deterrents to keep them out of the pool area.

Pools vary in sizes, and pool decks could encompass a large part of the backyard area. You could equip the area with multiple cameras, or you could install a camera with a wide-angled lens. The lens would cover the whole pool area so everything could be seen with one camera shot.

You do not want to worry about any blind spots. For example, a camera without a wide-angled lens could cut off the deep end of a pool. Cover the whole pool area, including any expanded parts of the patio with a wide-angle lens or two. 

Even when the pool is closed for the winter, you want to monitor and protect the area. A child or animal could get seriously injured if they access a pool or walk across a pool cover. No matter what season you are in, you want a security camera with weather protection. An outdoor camera lasts in snow or rain and has the durability to last through high winds. 

The weatherproof options also help when the camera is positioned close to the pool. Large splashes could get water directly on the camera. The weatherproof camera prevents any internal damage and allows you to capture video footage at all moments.

For more information on our security cameras and products, contact us at A-A Lock & Alarm Inc. Our experts in security and technology will help you set up a surveillance system to properly monitor your pool area 24 hours a day and give you peace of mind.