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Your Durgapur shop floor has cameras. Foreman makes them earn their keep.

Durgapur grew up around steel, and its private industry still lives off it: fabrication and heavy engineering shops, forging and casting units, re-rollers and component makers serving the plants and the power belt around them. All of them run cameras nobody watches. Foreman plugs into the DVR you already own and sends a WhatsApp or Telegram alert, with photo proof, the moment something goes wrong. Setup takes about 30 minutes. Free 14-day pilot on 4 cameras, no card.

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Built for the way Durgapur actually works

Durgapur's units are heavy: fabrication bays with plate and structural steel, forging shops with furnaces that never quite cool, machining floors full of expensive tooling, and yards of raw material and scrap that has a resale market waiting. Work runs in shifts, and the owner cannot be at the furnace, the gate and the yard at once.

Every one of these units has CCTV, and almost none of it is watched. Scrap theft, fires near hot work and shifts that start late are found the next morning, on footage, after the loss. Foreman changes what those cameras are for: from recording losses to preventing them.

  • Software only, runs on the DVR and cameras you already own
  • Watches every camera, every second, across every shift
  • Alerts on WhatsApp or Telegram with photo proof, within seconds

Fire watch for hot work, furnaces and cable trenches

A heavy engineering shop mixes furnaces, welding sparks, oil and cable trenches under one roof. Most fires here do not start big; they start as a wisp of smoke behind a machine after the shift moves on. A fire seen at second ten is an incident. The same fire at minute ten decides your year.

Foreman watches your cameras for the first visible signs of smoke and flame and alerts you in seconds, with a photo, while the fire is still one corner of one bay. It complements your certified fire-alarm systems; it never replaces them.

  • Visual smoke and flame detection from existing cameras, day and night
  • An early layer on top of, never a substitute for, certified fire systems
  • Every event is double-checked before an alert fires, so alerts stay real

Yard theft at night, shift headcount and idle machines

Plate offcuts, scrap, copper and finished fabrication leave unwatched yards at night, one tempo at a time. Foreman knows when your premises should be empty and flags any person or vehicle near your yard, gate or stores when no one should be there, with a photo, within seconds.

By day it counts heads shift by shift, so attendance matches reality rather than the register, and it flags lathes, presses and welding bays that sit idle while you pay wages around them. The daily digest shows you the floor as it ran, not as it was reported.

  • After-hours intrusion alerts around yards, gates and stores
  • Headcount and attendance, shift by shift, from the cameras you have
  • Idle-machine tracking: late starts, long stops, machines not earning
  • Daily WhatsApp/Telegram digest plus a weekly PDF report

Works on the DVRs Durgapur installers already fit

Foreman plugs into existing Hikvision, CP Plus and Dahua DVRs and NVRs, the brands we see most across Bengal, and most other standard RTSP/ONVIF CCTV. No new hardware, no new cameras, no rewiring. Setup takes about 30 minutes, done remotely with your own CCTV installer or computer guy, on normal broadband.

Detection runs on-site, so continuous footage stays inside your unit; only short clips around a detected event go to the cloud for a second check before any alert fires. Clips are stored in India and auto-deleted after 30 days. We never sell data. Our own AI models, trained in-house, are used to the smoke haze, sparks and hard shadows of heavy shops.

  • Hikvision, CP Plus, Dahua and most standard DVRs/NVRs supported
  • About 30 minutes to set up, remotely, with your existing installer
  • Plans from ₹2,999/mo; free 14-day pilot on 4 cameras, no card

Durgapur CCTV installers: earn every month on work you already did

If you install CCTV for engineering and steel units around Durgapur and the industrial belt along the highway, your past clients are your income waiting to happen. Foreman partners earn lifetime recurring commission on every factory they bring: 25% at Silver (1–10 factories), 30% at Gold (11–40), 35% at Platinum (41+), for as long as the client stays.

You keep the client relationship; we bring the software and the billing. Apply in two minutes at foremanintelligence.com/partners.

  • Lifetime recurring commission: 25% Silver, 30% Gold, 35% Platinum
  • No new hardware to stock, sell or service
  • You own the client relationship; we handle software and billing

Frequently asked

Will Foreman work on my existing DVR, or do I need new cameras?

It works on the CCTV you already have. Hikvision, CP Plus and Dahua are the brands we connect to most across Bengal, and most standard RTSP/ONVIF DVRs and NVRs work too. No new cameras, no rewiring.

My shop has welding and furnace glare. Will that cause false fire alerts?

Our own AI models are trained in-house for Indian factory conditions, including hot work, and every event is double-checked in the cloud before an alert fires. During setup we tune each camera so normal hot work does not spam you.

Is this a replacement for my fire alarm?

No. Foreman detects the visible signs of smoke and flame through your cameras; it is not a heat or smoke sensor. Keep your certified fire-safety systems in place. Foreman adds a fast visual early warning on top.

Does it work at night, across shifts?

Yes. It watches continuously, across every shift, and it knows the difference between a shift that should be there and a person who should not.

What does it cost for a typical Durgapur unit?

Sentry ₹2,999/mo (6 cameras), Supervisor ₹7,999/mo (16), Factory OS ₹19,999/mo (40). Annual prepay = 2 months free. Start with the free 14-day pilot on 4 cameras, no card.

Where does my footage go?

Detection runs on-site, so continuous footage never leaves your premises. Only short clips around a detected event go for a second check; they are stored in India and auto-deleted after 30 days. We never sell data.

See Foreman watch your Durgapur unit for 14 days, free

Connect 4 cameras on your existing DVR, no card, setup in about 30 minutes. Fire, theft, attendance and idle-machine alerts on WhatsApp with photo proof. One prevented loss pays for years of Foreman.

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