Emergency use

Article (1)
  • Wireless could fill emergency soft spots
    Recent emergency situations have arisen in Britain, including severe flooding, extreme weather and even terrorist attacks. These have highlighted, repeatedly, just how vulnerable some sections of society can be in such circumstances. Now British researchers, writing in the International Journal of Emergency Management suggest that wireless could hold the key to remedying this problem.
Feature (1)
  • Emergency communications via satellite
    A 10 kg GSM mobile phone network has been developed by European researchers to allow rescue workers to set up communications hours, or even minutes, after a man-made or natural catastrophe.
Product (5)
  • Simoco Transit Case transportable suitcase
    The Simoco Transit Case is a transportable suitcase specifically designed for the company's SRM9000 series of radios.
  • Approval for EPIRBs
    GME has received Cospas Sarsat approval for its GPS-equipped emergency position indicating radio beacons, the manually and water activated MT403G and the automatic MT403FG.
  • Approval for EPIRBs
    GME has received Cospas Sarsat approval for its GPS-equipped emergency position indicating radio beacons, the manually and water activated MT403G and the automatic MT403FG.
  • GPS panic system
    MySpot is a personal security tracking system for GPS-enabled smartphones.
  • Mobile communication
    Rescue workers in disaster areas and air and sea passengers are claimed to benefit from a range of mobile communication systems available from Powertec Telecommunications.
News (6)
  • Indoor location system
    A location system may make it easier for emergency services personnel to locate mobile phone users inside large buildings.
  • Satellite project in Korea
    ES&S has been awarded a major contract with the Defence Acquisition Program Administration of Korea.
  • Call for wider use of satellites
    Satellite broadband wholesaler BayCity Communications has used the TUANZ rural broadband symposium to release the results of a survey into New Zealand's Civil Defence communications preparedness and underline the importance of having multiple layers of redundancy in telecommunications planning.
  • Electronics company gives Australians design rights to beacon
    Electronics design company, Tancher Corporation will give away free the design rights to its personal locator radio beacon to help Australians caught in emergencies.
  • Improving security through satellite telecommunications
    Orbit Research Ltd and MediaMobil Communication GmbH are implementing an ESA-supported project to introduce a solution for alarm monitoring and video surveillance via satellite to meet the increasing demand for security systems from the government and corporate market.
  • Mobile comms comes of age
    As reliance on mobile communications devices grows, public safety, emergency services, law enforcement, defence and essential services organisations are using them more strategically to improve effective decision making and access critical information.

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