Security systems in Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo
For contractor yards, shops, rentals and businesses in Fort McMurray and across Wood Buffalo, we install cameras, gate access, access control and alarms that you can watch and manage from anywhere.
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Security built for Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray is the centre of Alberta’s oil sands region, and the security needs here are unlike anywhere else. We support contractor yards, shops, commercial buildings, rentals and schools across Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
Sites here are often remote, spread out and running around the clock, so we focus on systems you can watch and manage from anywhere, with equipment built for northern winters.
Supported from our Edmonton head office.
What Fort McMurray buildings need
The local conditions we plan every Fort McMurray system around.
Remote, spread-out sites
Cloud video and access control let managers watch yards and buildings from Edmonton, Calgary or anywhere else.
Equipment and material theft
Fence-line cameras, smart detection and plate recognition for laydown yards and shops.
Around-the-clock operations
Access by shift and crew, with a clear record of who came in and when.
Northern winters
Cold-rated cameras, readers and intercoms, with backup power for winter outages.
Our services in Fort McMurray
Every system a commercial building needs, from one team.
Access control
Access by crew and shift for shops and offices that run around the clock, with a log of every entry.
Access control in Fort McMurraySecurity cameras
Long-range and PTZ cameras for MacKenzie Industrial Park yards, with solar and cellular options for remote sites.
Security cameras in Fort McMurrayVideo intercom
Video entry for apartment buildings in Timberlea, Thickwood and Eagle Ridge.
Video intercom in Fort McMurrayIntrusion alarms
Monitored alarms for shops and offices left empty between shifts and over long weekends.
Intrusion alarms in Fort McMurrayParcel lockers
Parcel lockers for rental buildings where residents work long rotations away from home.
Parcel lockers in Fort McMurrayNetworks
Wireless links and cellular backup that keep yard cameras and gates online far from the nearest office.
Networks in Fort McMurrayIndustries we serve in Fort McMurray
How our systems help the buildings that make up Fort McMurray.
Areas we cover in and around Fort McMurray
Our technicians work across Fort McMurray and the surrounding communities.
Nearby service areas: Edmonton, Athabasca, Grande Prairie. See all service areas.
Planning security for Wood Buffalo sites
What we plan around in Fort McMurray and the surrounding region.
Distance and travel
Sites are a long drive from the nearest service shop, so we favour systems we can check and update remotely, and plan visits to cover several jobs at once.
Rotations and shift work
With crews on rotation, access changes often. Mobile credentials and access by crew make it quick to add and remove people without handing out keys.
Highway 63 and remote yards
Yards along Highway 63 often have little power or internet. Solar-powered cameras and cellular links keep them covered.
Stuck with a system nobody will fix?
We take over, repair and fully support systems installed by other companies, with new passwords and full documentation.
Brands we install in Fort McMurray
Brands that suit remote yards and round-the-clock sites, installed and supported end to end.
Remote video monitoring in Fort McMurray
When your yard is hours from your office, someone still needs to be watching. Our monitoring partner reviews alerts from your Fort McMurray cameras 24/7, warns trespassers through speakers and calls police or your contact, including on solar and cellular cameras at remote sites. How remote video monitoring works.
- Remote yards and laydown areas watched 24/7
- Works with solar-powered and cellular cameras
- Police or your contact called when it’s real, with the video
- Added to new cameras, or to existing cameras we’ve checked
Guides: Oil and gas sites
Security system questions in Fort McMurray
Do you work in Fort McMurray?
Yes. We install and support systems across Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
Can we watch our Fort McMurray site from another city?
Yes. Cloud-managed cameras and access control let you see video and manage doors from anywhere.
Can you protect a remote laydown yard?
Yes. We plan long-range cameras with smart detection, gate access and plate recognition around the power and network available on site.
Can you install cameras where there’s no power or internet?
Yes. We install solar-powered and cellular cameras for yards and remote sites around Fort McMurray, so they record and send alerts without a power line or wired internet.
Do you travel to Fort McMurray for service?
Yes. Our team travels from our Edmonton head office to Fort McMurray for installs and service, and many changes and checks are done remotely between visits.
Do you offer remote video monitoring in Fort McMurray?
Yes. We set up 24/7 remote video monitoring through our monitoring partner for yards, shops and buildings across Wood Buffalo, including remote sites running on solar and cellular cameras.
Do you install monitored and electric fences in Fort McMurray?
Yes. For laydown yards and remote sites around Fort McMurray, we install fence sensors and electric deterrent fences, running off-grid on solar where there’s no power. See monitored fences.
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Get a quote in Fort McMurray
Tell us about your Fort McMurray building and what you need. We’ll follow up to book a site visit.
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