PMR / Emergency Services

With the expansion of 5G LTE connectivity, government agencies are able to take advantage of more secure, reliable and faster connectivity solutions to support their needs in the mission critical communication sector. The Fire & Rescue Service are taking advantage of this with technology deployments that are improving productivity, of better value and above all, life-saving.

When a loved one goes missing, friends and family face an anxious wait for their return and…

Gamber-Johnson is a manufacturer of vehicle mounting components for a whole range of devices, from laptops and tablets to radios and security cameras. Their products are meticulously designed to be rugged, reliable, and responsive as well as being proudly “made in Wisconsin”.
Gamber-Johnson is the preferred choice for many fleet managers across the world. They have a wide reach of subsidiaries and resellers exporting to over 40 countries and installations in thousands of fleets worldwide. Their products are relied on by many professionals in the emergency services globally.

Connectivity for emergency services vehicles is of ever-growing importance and in vast rural regions this can prove difficult. Terrafix required an antenna to provide robust and reliable communications for the latest generation of 600 Front line A&E ambulances in mainland Scotland and the island communities, that would also enable the ability for future proofing new tech innovations.

In early 2015, Detroit PD purchased new equipment for their patrol vehicles. The equipment includes the Motorola XTL 5000 W5 (Radio), Sierra wireless GX440 (Router/Modem) and the Data911 computer system. The Motorola XTL operates at 700/800 MHz, which would normally require an NMO mount with a 1⁄4 wave antenna. The Sierra Wireless GX440 requires cellular diversity, one WiFi and GPS antenna(s). To ensure the best performance and have the GX440 operate to its full capability, you would normally use four antennas. The Data911 computer equipment needs MIMO WiFi, one cellular and GPS antenna(s).

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Police were looking to develop technology to allow officers to spend more time on the road and tracking criminals.

The objective was to reduce the need for officers to return to the station to file a report after visiting a crime scene or dealing with an incident.

To enable this, officers would be issued with Panasonic FZ-G1 “Toughpads”, and vehicle docking station connected to a touch screen display with secure internet connectivity via a 4G router device.

In recent years, wireless and mobile technologies have received considerable attention by the healthcare community. Increasingly, health organisations are deploying technologies to support the latest mobile applications and next-generation wireless services. The Norwegian Public Health Care Enterprise (Nasjonal IKT HF) is one of them.

In 2018, Nasjonal IKT HF rolled out a new interregional project called “Robust Mobilt Helsenett (RMH) – Robust Mobile Health Network”, to establish a common solution for mobile data communication for use in the prehospital part of the health system such as ambulances. Securing a reliable connectivity was the most critical factor for the success of this new project as a truly connected mobile health network could only be achieved if these vehicles were connected at all times.

South Wales Police is the largest police force in Wales serving 1.3 million civilians over 2,000km2. They have previously found connectivity to be a big challenge in their operations, with a 4G handset solution they de- ployed not achieving the connectivity desired. Operating in both urban and rural areas, they needed a complete solution that would give them connectivity in the most remote areas and a high performing antenna to achieve this. The antenna needed to provide the officers with the connectivity needed for their devices as well as provide a WiFi hotspot around the vehicle.

FirstNet, the U.S. public safety broadband network for critical communications, is coming soon making con- nectivity a necessity, not a luxury. Already some trail-blazing services are using a broadband system in their operations. However, in 2018 one of these services, Mesa Fire and Medical Department in Arizona, experi- enced a 17-hour commercial network outage putting their operations at risk.

Their fire trucks were unable to receive dispatch information, and they could not access patient information on iPads used by personnel. This issue forced them to look at their options for broadband redundancy and how this issue may be resolved in the future for FirstNet.