During the year-end and New Year's holidays, incidents and accidents are likely to increase due to the increase in traffic due to people returning home and traveling, as well as the large number of people who gather for New Year's visits and New Year's events.
Although demand for security services increases during these busy periods, it is difficult to ensure safety 24 hours a day with only conventional human security due to a chronic shortage of security guards.
This article explains the incidents and accidents that are likely to occur during the year-end and New Year holidays, as well as the necessity and advantages of AI security as a preventive measure.
As mentioned above, the demand for outings increases during the year-end and New Year vacation season, and tourist attractions and commercial facilities in various regions are crowded with many people.
On the other hand, the congestion that accompanies the increase in the number of visitors and the fact that many people enter and leave these places make them prone to incidents and accidents.
The following is an explanation of the types of incidents and accidents that are likely to occur due to the increase in the number of people.
When people are crowded together in a small area, sometimes large crowd accidents can occur.
In fact, tragic incidents have occurred in many parts of the world.
The most recent examples are the crowd accident at Halloween in Itaewon at the end of October 2022 and the crowd accident at the New Year countdown in Shanghai in 2015.
Also in Japan, past accidents include the Akashi Pedestrian Bridge crowd accident in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture in July 2001 and the Kameoka Fireworks Festival in Kyoto City in August 2021.
Many people gather at tourist spots to enjoy New Year's Eve (countdown) and New Year's New Year's visits, and in some cases, crowding may lead to crowd accidents. In order to avoid being involved in such incidents, it is effective to know the evacuation route of the place you are visiting in advance, try to keep a certain distance from people around you, and move to a safe place as soon as possible depending on the situation.
In commercial facilities and tourist attractions during the busy season, people tend to be crowded and congested, which can lead to frequent interpersonal problems and even violent incidents in the worst case scenario.
In crowded places, people are more likely to become irritated due to stress, and fights, violence, and other troubles can easily occur due to trivial matters. If crowds are expected in advance, planning your travel and activities as far in advance as possible will help reduce undue stress and irritation.
Avoiding congested times, choosing easily accessible roads, and scheduling well in advance are also effective measures. In communicating with others, it is also recommended to use a gentle tone of voice and gestures, and to be polite in your interactions to avoid misunderstandings with others.
Since there are many opportunities for people to gather in large numbers during the year-end and New Year's holidays, the risk of being pickpocketed, stolen, or left behind tends to increase.
In particular, be aware that pickpocketing and theft tend to occur in crowded places such as downtown areas and shrines and temples for New Year's visits, as people tend to be distracted by the crowds.
It is also said to be a time when people are prone to being left behind due to lack of attention and awareness of crime prevention caused by drinking at year-end year-end year-end parties, New Year's parties, and New Year's visits to temples, as well as dozing off due to deep drinking.
It is important to always be vigilant and careful in crowded places. In addition, as an anti-theft measure, we recommend that you keep your wallet and valuables in your inside pocket, and always keep your baggage with you when taking pictures.
In stores and commercial facilities where many people visit, falls and accidents are more likely to occur. Especially during the busy year-end and New Year holidays, when many people visit, accidents are even more likely to occur.
According to data published by the Consumer Affairs Agency [*2], more than 70% of all accidents that occur in stores and commercial facilities involve falls due to slips and trips on the floor. The Agency is particularly alerting people during the coming season, when there will be more opportunities to shop in preparation for the year-end and New Year's holidays.
Based on past cases, we need to pay particular attention to the safety of children in crowded places. In addition, it can be said that safety measures on the part of facilities are especially required during the busy year-end and New Year holidays.
*2: Consumer Affairs Agency publication "Be careful of accidents involving falls while shopping in stores and commercial facilities - Be careful when shopping during the Shi-Shu, Christmas and New Year's holidays" (December 7, 2008)https://www.caa.go.jp/policies/policy/consumer_research/white_paper/pdf/2017_whitepaper_0005.pdf
During the year-end and New Year's holidays, many people are expected to be out of the office, so it is necessary to provide adequate security for them. However, the current situation is that operations that require stationed personnel, such as crowd security and facility security, are plagued by a shortage of manpower.
For those who have no experience in the security industry, "crowd security" is an unfamiliar term.
The term "crowd security" refers to security work at places where large numbers of people gather. Security guards are often deployed at events, festivals, and other gatherings, where they are responsible for keeping a watchful eye on the scene and, in case of emergency, preventing incidents and accidents from occurring.
At sites where crowd security is required, it is easy for many people to crowd together at any given time, which can cause visitors to become agitated and behave unexpectedly, and there are also a certain number of people who do not obey rules and calls to action.
In addition, miscellaneous security is classified as a No. 2 security service, and is one of the most sought-after security services in demand among other security services. However, the security industry is chronically short of manpower, and there is a continuing shortage of personnel in the much-needed area of miscellaneous security services.
Against this backdrop, the promotion of DX, which utilizes AI and other cutting-edge technologies, is the key to solving problems while maintaining safety, and is attracting attention.
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As mentioned above, the challenges faced by the security industry have limited the ability to provide security at busy times of the year using only conventional human security.
The need for crowd security continues to expand. There is a need to improve the quality of security while utilizing limited human resources.
In this issue, we will introduce "AI security" utilizing "security cameras" that are familiar to us as one of the solutions.
The following three are some of the advantages of AI security using security cameras
●Timely response to problems
●Complementary to manpower shortage
●Prevention of trouble and accidents through risk prediction
Let's take a closer look at how each of these improvements can be made.
In the case of conventional human monitoring of security cameras, it is impossible to completely prevent oversight due to the large number of monitors and human error, resulting in a certain amount of security omissions.
In addition, due to limited manpower, it is not uncommon for trouble or incidents to go unnoticed, or to go unnoticed and unresponsive in a timely manner, resulting in after-the-fact responses.
Therefore, if security cameras equipped with AI-based video analysis are installed, monitoring can be performed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, making it possible to establish a security system with no omissions.
If a problem occurs, the AI will alert the security guards on site, enabling them to respond to the problem in a timely manner.
The security industry is chronically understaffed, which is one of the major challenges facing the industry.
The shortage of manpower has increased the workload and is likely to affect the quality of security services themselves.
If security cameras equipped with AI-based video analysis are introduced, the AI can supplement patrols and monitoring of security cameras, which can operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, making it possible to maintain the quality of security services with conventional or reduced manpower.
In this way, security DX is expected to supplement manpower shortages. In the future, such improvements in security services will lead to reduced security costs and better treatment of security guards.
The number of security cameras installed has been increasing in recent years, but their use is currently limited to checking after an incident or accident has occurred.
If current security cameras are equipped with AI functions, AI will be able to learn from the acquired images, identify characteristics specific to suspicious persons, and make predictions based on past data. This makes it possible not only to detect suspicious persons, but also to detect suspicious behavior and dangerous situations in advance.
In addition, there are many places in any facility or building where people trip, bump into each other, or lean against the railing of a stairwell.
By marking up such places based on the acquired data and taking preliminary countermeasures, accidents such as falls, tumbles, and collisions can be prevented.
In this way, risk management at guarded locations can be optimized by establishing a system for collecting and visualizing historical data.
Many companies may understand the merits of AI security, but feel that the cost of installing a new system in addition to their existing security system is too high.
Asilla's AI Security asilla system allows you to use your existing security cameras without any initial cost.
This is a big advantage for facilities that request security services, so if you are a security company considering further improvement in the quality of security services, please take advantage of Asilla's AI security system "AI Security asilla".
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