The importance of security lighting lies in allowing security personnel to maintain visual-assessment capability in the dark. Impractical lighting setups result in the need of additional security posts, towers, personnel, and patrols. A well-designed security lighting system is inexpensive to maintain, allows the reduction in the number of needed forces and is a primordial element in the security program.
Security lighting also plays an active role and allows the defending forces to have a tactical advantage on the attackers. Vision is the one sense that attackers or intruders rely on most. The eye takes up to two full minutes to recover and adjust when it is blinded by light. This allows for critical real time response time from the security personnel. Intelligent security solutions available today identify approaching intruders.
Security lighting should not be used alone for security purposes. It is deployed in addition to other measures such as fixed towers and posts, fences, patrols…
