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Eye-spy - not a toy
On a cold, windy late February afternoon the BAPCO Journal is at a large demolition site high above Portsmouth, courtesy of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service. Why? To see how the brigade is using a radio-controlled helicopter to help with all manner of responsibilities – Dan Worth reports.
TETRA Solutions for A&E
Sepura designed and developed an accident and emergency vehicle solution specifically for ambulance, paramedics and health personnel. Peter Hudson, Product Manager with Sepura, explains how the solution works in practice, combining the advantages of mobile telephony, mobile data, messaging and two-way radio communications. The Ambulance Trusts use some or all of the functionalities of this solution to complement their own working practices.
Tough mobile radios
While the mobile phone has for many years been the technical darling of the world with a whole raft of new applications and improvements, so has the PMR handset, reports Dan Worth.
Inspiration for 2009
BAPCO 2009 attracted 1,265 attendees, an increase of 4.5% on 2008, over the three days of the conference and exhibition, creating a buzzing environment for the order-writing and business being done throughout the show.
A commanding view
Command and control centres are common in events worldwide, from the Pan-American Games to the inauguration of President Barak Obama. Dan Worth speaks to Intergraph.
After Sir Pitt's Review
David Lane of Lane, Jefferies and Associates, writes about the future communications challengesin making the UK nationally resilient at times of wide-area flooding.
A single contact point
With accurate address data essential to the workings of police forces across the UK, Carl Hancock of Aligned Assets considers the numerous datasets available and how it can often be difficult to know which one to chose. Is there a way round this common situation?
Harness IP metadata for lawful intercept
Thibaut Bechetoille, CEO of Qosmos,examines how IP metadata can considerably help law enforcement agencies fight cyber crime.
