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City of Seattle Fire Department Leverages In Motion Technology's onBoard Mobile Networking System [Health & Beauty Close - Up](Health & Beauty Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) In Motion Technology, a provider of mobile networking systems, has announced that the City of Seattle Fire Department has deployed the onBoard Mobile Networking System to improve Fire and EMS responses en route and on-scene. In a release, the Company said that the system allows Seattle Fire to leverage new voice, video and wireless data initiatives by providing secure, seamless fast switching in real-time between multiple networks. Seattle Firefighters and Paramedics are now better equipped for incident responses, pre-hospital emergency patient care and day-to-day operations. The City of Seattle Fire Department provides fire suppression and emergency medical services, as well as building inspections, fire code enforcement, tactical rescues, public education and specialized units including the hazardous materials response team, dive team, confined space rescue, heavy rescue, and marine emergency response teams. The Seattle Fire Department responds to nearly 80,000 fire and medical incidents in the City of Seattle each year. The Seattle Fire Department's Medic One Program provides the City of Seattle with Advanced Life Support activities and responds to approximately 45,000 Basic Life Support (BLS) alarms and 19,000 Advanced Life Support (ALS) alarms per year. As part of Seattle's city-wide public safety network, In Motion said that Seattle Fire needed the ability to: -centrally manage dispatch and emergency communications with multi-network and fast switching capability; -leverage new mobile technology with increased bandwidth for video and audio; -increase overall system security with two levels of device authentication, end-to-end VPN connection and data encryption; -remotely handle fleet-wide software and file updates to mobile data computers (MDC); -view in real-time pre-fire plans including building diagrams, bird's eye views, hazardous materials, access and egress routes and fire control systems; and -transmit audio and EKG files in mass casualty situations, and the ability to transmit bar codes and medical triage codes to the emergency room before patients are transferred. "We have deployed In Motion Technology's mobile networking system to improve patient care and response times as part of our commitment to provide the citizens of Seattle the best emergency and medical services possible," said Leonard Roberts, IT Director, City of Seattle Fire Department. "With 33 fire stations and over 60 vehicles including fire engines, ladder trucks, and medic units, we needed to have the ability to remotely monitor vehicle health, location, network connections and to accurately monitor and manage all mobile computing devices which is only possible with In Motion Technology's onBoard Mobile Gateway," said Roberts. "The City of Seattle Fire Department initiative of creating a centrally managed wireless technology management system to reduce duplication and increase security is a credit to its coordination with the other Seattle agencies and a true benefit to the community," said Tony Morris, In Motion Technology's vice president of sales and marketing. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2012 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |