The 950 Radio Management System at the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) in Western Australia has sent its final transmission after 20 years of reliable service managing their radio dispatch communications state-wide. Anthony Benbow, Manager Radio Communications at DFES stated that: “In planning the decommissioning of our old Comcen, we had cause to [...]
The WA Radio Community came together at the historic Pagoda Ballroom for the 2013 ARCIA Networking Dinner. Expanding on the theme “who is training for the future,” the evening’s speakers developed on the theme of past, present and future of training for the industry and the challenges ahead. John Florencia, CEO of Omnitronics, explained how [...]
Four years ago, the McDuffie County (Ga.) Sheriff’s Office selected a digital Kenwood Communications NXDN radio system to replace a three-site voter conventional analog system. Since then, the technology has spread to several of the area’s public-safety entities. “I went from utilizing a three-site voter system to a single-site digital system so it was a [...]
Omnitronics has officially launched the DX-Altus into the USA market at an exclusive event in the lead up to IWCE. With a good turnout to the launch and also at our IWCE booth, visitors were able to test drive the system. Early reports show that they were all very impressed with the flexibility and configurability [...]
The Level 1 Trauma Center at a University Hospital Health Network has recently installed the IPRdispatch radio console at their nurses stations to facilitate communications between the trauma team and EMS services. By commissioning this simple to use and efficient console, the trauma team are able to be more responsive to emergencies. For more information, [...]