Mines, quarries, sawmills and logging sites across the Okanagan and Thompson are often an hour of gravel road from the nearest town. Equipment, fuel, timber and copper sit there all night with nobody around. Secure Defence protects mining, forestry and resource extraction sites in Kelowna, West Kelowna, Vernon, Penticton, Kamloops and across Interior BC with live video monitoring. Trained, licensed operators watch your cameras in real time and stop trouble while it's still starting, however remote the site.
live video monitoring. We watch your site as things happen and step in before theft, vandalism or a fire becomes a shutdown.
smart cameras that detect people and vehicles, including thermal and long-range cameras for big industrial and mining sites, paired with trained, licensed operators in our own command centre in Richmond, BC, 24/7.
we serve BC with a local sales and installation team. An Okanagan salesperson plans your coverage, and a technician installs and services your system.
all of Western Canada, including BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
11 years in business, award-winning, and named the Fastest Growing Security Company in Canada on The Globe and Mail and BIV lists for 2025 and 2026. 500+ businesses served and 1,000+ sites monitored across Western Canada.
Copper and metal theft is a real risk for Interior sites. BC Hydro says copper wire thefts from its equipment rose 380%, with 24 thefts and mischief cases at its underground maintenance holes since January 2024, compared with 5 in the two years before. Some of those cases were in the Interior and northern BC (NanaimoNewsNOW, citing BC Hydro).
In town, the City of Kelowna recorded 389 business break and enters in 2025, down 6% from 414 (City of Kelowna, Crime and Safety). Remote sites don't show up well in city numbers, but they face the same thieves with far fewer eyes around.
Picture a gravel pit outside Kamloops at 1 am. A truck with a trailer drives past the locked gate on an old access road and stops beside a loader.
A thermal camera picks up the people and the warm engine in total darkness. An operator in our command centre sees the alert within seconds and swings a PTZ camera in for a closer look. The operator speaks through the speaker and tells them they are on camera and police are being called. If they keep going, the siren, horn and strobes go off. With a crime confirmed, the operator calls for Verified Police Response with descriptions, the vehicle and its direction of travel.
That's a 1-minute verified response. Because a person checks every alert, there are zero false alarms. Our clients see 98%+ overall crime reduction. More on our live video monitoring page.
Active mines, exploration sites, processing facilities and equipment yards.
Logging sites, sawmills, wood processing plants and timber storage.
Quarries, aggregate operations, and sand and gravel pits.
Plants and yards that handle raw materials.
loaders, excavators, attachments, tools and fuel.
trespassers, off-road riders and anyone using old access roads.
with equipment, fuel tanks and controls.
with no power, no internet and long police travel times.
fire and smoke detection gives early warning at sawmills, timber storage and dry summer sites.
timber, minerals, aggregates, copper and scrap.
time-stamped video of site activity, spills and dumping helps you keep records for regulators.
Find a person, vehicle or colour across every camera in under 5 seconds. We keep 30 to 90 days of video.
by trained, licensed operators, 24/7.
live voice warnings, sirens, horns, strobes and PTZ cameras.
with operator notes and HD video, ready for police and insurers.
with your existing cameras, usually the same day, plus gate access control and LPR at the gate.
for equipment that moves between sites.
A recorded camera at a remote pit only tells you what you lost when someone drives out on Monday. Police travel times to back roads can be long, so the best result is stopping the theft before anything leaves the site. A live voice warning and a siren, backed by a call for Verified Police Response, usually does that. Your crew also gets a clear record of who came and went.
One monthly fee covers the equipment, installation, maintenance and live monitoring.
Your local rep visits the site and sends a recommended layout and quote within 24 to 48 hours.
Remote sites get a solar camera tower within 24 hours. Each tower carries 4 to 8 cameras, and the battery lasts 2 weeks without sun, winter included. See off-grid solutions.
Powered areas such as mill yards get pole cameras in 5 to 7 days, with a 24-hour backup power system.
All our equipment is rated to -40 C, so a cold snap in the high country won't take it down.
Clients save up to 70% compared with on-site guards, and a guard in a truck at the gate can't see a back road three kilometres away. Guards are still available as a secondary option during a shutdown. The service is insurance-approved, and our 30-Day Performance Guarantee lets you see the results before you commit.
Tell us about your mine, quarry, sawmill or logging site. Our local team will visit and send a recommended setup and quote within 24 to 48 hours.