SMS for Emergency - Industry Report
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October 2010 - Report by 4G Americas4G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the 3GPP family of technologies, today reports that it has published a white paper that provides a technical and practical analysis of SMS as a means to contact Emergency Services. The report titled, Texting to 9-1-1: Examining the Design and Limitations of SMS, presents a view of the capabilities, limitations, threats and vulnerabilities of this means of text communications for emergency networks. "..SMS has significant limitations and shortcomings that do not make SMS suitable for emergency communications, especially under life-threatening conditions,” stated Chris Pearson, President of 4G Americas.
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Case Study - Biochemical Plant
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 Sigtec Releases Case Study on Mobilising Process Information in Biochemical PlantIn this case study Sigtec and TQS demonstrate how the integration of process information in a modern biochemical facility can provide the ability to manage and mobilise the facility's alarm handling functions in a central location, and then to alter crucial staff through the use of Infostream X5-i digital pagers combined with Tetra portable radios. Originally the digital Tetra radios were expected to be the primary notification tool, with paging as a secondary system. However in the two years since the commissioning of the system the paging direct to Infostream digital pagers is now the primary messaging platform for the entire plant.
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SigTec Releases BlueBox System
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 Sigetc have released a new integrated system for monitoring and controlling hazardous environments. The system integrates sensors, alarms and automated response task allocations with a variety of devices, including the Infostream X5i digital pager. |
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Pine Harvester Goes Up In Flames
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Another lucky escape as a pine harvester goes up in flames near Bright. There's something about the screech of a pager going off. That insistent call to action; the world it plunges you into as you drop what ever it is you are doing and head to the fire station. |
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Chelsea SES - Pagers in Use by SES Crews
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Pagers are used by the SES for callout and despatch, and this is just one of the many stories that come to our attention about the volunteer work of the SES ..... They are calling it the Storm of the Century. When the astonishing hail, thunder and lightning and torrential rain hit |
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March 2010 - BiNu Shows Multi Language Capability
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BiNu, the technology spin off that delivers fast internet access on low end phones, announced the availability of fast, multi-language internet applications and browsing on low end phone. |
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Dec 2009 - ESTA News
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The EAS performance for 2008/09 resulted in an overall success rate of 99.99% against its target of 99.95%. The EAS is a dedicated messaging system which enables the Country Fire Authority (CFA), State Emergency Service (SES) and Ambulance Victoria (AV) regional emergency services staff and volunteers to be simultaneously alerted to incidents and provided with text messages by means of pocket pagers. |
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Dec 2008 - ESTA Blackspots
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Edition 8: 22 December 2008 EAS Update – Managing the black-spotsThe Emergency Alerting System (EAS) has now been in full service operation |
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