Public safety tower installed at Umina Beach
Thursday, 10 June, 2021
An emergency communications tower has been constructed at Umina Beach in a bid to expand the Central Coast’s public safety network. The site, which is located at 51 Castle Circuit, Umina Beach, was delivered by the NSW Telco Authority.
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch said the radio site is vital to ongoing community safety, “alongside Australia’s triple zero emergency hotline, the Public Safety Network is the most critical communications network in our state”, he said.
“Public Safety Network sites provide emergency services organisations with a single, integrated network upon which they communicate.
“During the Black Summer of bushfires, the Public Safety Network allowed the Rural Fire Service, Police Force, Fire and Rescue, Ambulance and SES continue to communicate even when the general mobile network stopped functioning,” Crouch said.
New tool helps NZ emergency services locate people at risk
Emergency services can now quickly locate the approximate area of the mobile phone of a person...
131 projects completed under Broadcasting Resilience Program
Among other projects, the BRP has resulted in the upgrade of 98 ABC AM and FM broadcast sites to...
Comms Connect to highlight NZ's Cellular Network Visibility Service
Launched as part of New Zealand's Public Safety Network, the service is a digital tool to...