Bringing safety to underground mines
22 November, 2010 byTraditionally, the basic mobile communication requirements of underground mines have been analog two-way voice radios and low-speed data links. With the tremendous development of open standard data communication products, safety and monitoring systems and protocols for wired and wireless applications, TCP/IP and 802.11 are now the de facto standards. These standards have paved the road for the realisation of the mines’ high-speed communications systems.
Fire control at Perth airport
27 September, 2010C4i has brought into service the ninth of 20 fire control centre SwitchplusIP systems being delivered to Aviation Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF) of Airservices Australia.
Wired & Wireless mini-PACCS on-site man-down system
17 August, 2010 byThe mini-PACCS on-site man-down system is designed for people working alone in industrial, healthcare, aged care, security and high-risk facilities.
Australian Satellite Services ReadyConnect emergency response solution
17 August, 2010 byAustralian Satellite Communications and Cobham SATCOM have launched ReadyConnect, a portable, quick-deploy emergency response solution.
Radio system integrates P25
12 July, 2010With the installation of Zetron’s series 4000 dispatch system and its series 3300 VoIP call-taking system, the emergency communication centre in Morgan County, West Virginia, is now equipped to deal with current and upcoming changes in public-safety technology.
Britain sets the benchmark for Australasia
30 March, 2010 by Paul Isaacs, Airwave Solutions Australia**The primary remit of public safety communications is to provide a safe and secure environment to allow people to go about their daily business. This goal is not something that changes with the country, although the approaches taken and solutions required will differ as the geographical area and population density varies from one market to another.
US plans 700 MHz demo network
18 January, 2010The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the US have announced plans to create a demonstration broadband communications network for the nation’s emergency services agencies using a portion of the radiofrequency spectrum freed up by the recent transition of US broadcast television from analog to digital.
Fire control system at Coolangatta
18 January, 2010C4i has commissioned into service the first of 20 fire control centre switchplus systems being delivered to Aviation Rescue & Fire Fighting of Airservices Australia.
Free EPIRBs saving lives
04 November, 2009A free service providing person locator beacons to bushwalkers in the Blue Mountaints may already have saved a life and assisted the rescue of two other bushwalkers.
Safety radio sector receives a boost
20 October, 2009Australia’s public safety communications sector has been boosted with the establishment of emergency and private mobile radio network specialist, Airwave Solutions Australia, that promises network resilience, security, coverage and interoperability for a wide variety of public safety agencies.
WAPOL coverage extended
15 September, 2009Motorola Australia is providing an extension of the mobile data system of the Western Australia Police (WAPOL) and the Western Australia Department of Corrective Services (DCS) that will more than double the previous coverage area, providing the community with better-equipped police and prison officers.
Police radio area to be extended
06 August, 2009Ansaldo STS has won a $2.5m data communications contract from the Western Australia Police. The contract is central to the police force’s plans to extend the coverage area of its secure digital metropolitan radio network from the current 9000 km2 to 20,000 km2.
Application: Wireless traffic monitors
22 June, 2009The real-time images allow operators to see what the problem is and ultimately will help the centre in assessing the kind of response that may be needed.
Insource for a better future
28 May, 2009 by Martin Cahill, Pacific Wireless CommunicationsAt what point did it become fashionable and corporately clever to outsource communication projects to global organisations rather than lead with courage and vision to support and build these radio communication systems and foster Aussie innovators.
Conference focuses on public safety
13 March, 2009The overall theme of this year's APCO Australasian 2009 conference and exhibition, held at Australia's Technology Park in Sydney, earlier this month, was 'Leaders in Public Safety — When Every Second Counts'.
