Disaster Planning

Seeking to create secure mobile connections for public safety officials, paramedics and firefighters, NetMotion says it’s bringing its Mobile Virtual Private Network solution to Johnson County, Kansas.

 

By optimizing and maintaining connections to applications as users move in and out of wireless coverage areas and across various networks, NetMotion’s software, Mobility XE, boosts mobile productivity, company officials say.

 

Many law enforcement and government agencies across the nation rely on Mobility XE to mitigate some of the most common challenges in mobile deployments, according to the company. Johnson County joins these agencies to obtain features such as end-to-end security, application stability, and seamless roaming between WiFi (News - Alert) and wide-area cellular networks. Also, by automatically connecting users to the fastest available network, NetMotion optimizes wireless performance of applications, company officials say.

 

Having deployed NetMotion’s Mobile VPN to 275 mobile workers including countywide paramedics and 13 fire departments, Johnson County can now feel confident in covering more than 500 square miles of area in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area, according to the company. This includes Overland Park and 19 other cities with a total population of 530,000. The wide-area wireless, coupled with WiFi network allow the County’s emergency workers to use emergency information, fire inspection data, police reports and other information critical to their duties, company officials say.

 

Apart from Johnson County, many other state and local law enforcement and public safety offices such as Los Angeles Police Department, Santa Barbara County, the Texas Department of Public Safety, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, the State of Washington, the City of Las Vegas, the State of Illinois, the Florida Highway Patrol, Fairfax Country Police Department, the State of Connecticut, and hundreds of others worldwide use the NetMotion’s Mobile VPN, officials say.

 

“Our emergency operations rely on NetMotion’s Mobile VPN because of its ability to stabilize our entire wireless deployment for our highly mobile public safety professionals,” said Dwight Purtle, technical services manager of Johnson County Emergency Communications. “NetMotion’s software helps to secure our wireless communications across every network we utilize and to minimize the challenges that coverage gaps present.”