Speakers
A taste of what’s to come
To give you a better feel for the many excellent presentations and discussions that will take place at both the BAPCO Show
and CCE, we spoke to three speakers, each of whom will consider very different topics in the area of public safety.
OCiP
Martin Leeland,
Police Liaison
Of cer, Operational
Communications
in Policing (OCiP)
will discuss how a collaborative
approach to the planning and
delivery of communications
lies behind operational
success for Airwave and the
emergencyservices.
He notes that: “How we plan
and prepare for communications
within operations can have a major
effect on the outcome” and that
“Some planners are not aware of
how communications are used
inevents.”
Martin also emphasises the need
for post-event debriefs, highlighting
that “from the Royal Wedding
and Trump visit alone there were
32 recommendations regarding
communications that can be
taken forward and assist others in
successful operation planning.”
He advises that during incidents
where there are a lot of resources,
police of cers should be prevented
from making point-to-point
communications and using their
device as a telephone. It is also
important to ensure that users
know which talkgroup they should
be on to prevent dragging of other
talkgroups that affect capacity.
If you are based in the UK, Martin
recommends consulting with an
Airwave Tactical Advisor or the
Airwave Dept before you see any
network issues.
Look out for Martin’s
presentation on the 13th
of March at 15:15-15:45 in the
BAPCO supported stream.
INECO
Let’s kick off with Carlos Díez Sánchez, System Design Manager at INECO.
He will give delegates a feel for the technical problems that can occur
when installing and operating a communications system in the desert,
based on his company’s involvement in the construction of the 450
kilometre long high speed railway line between Makkah and Madinah
in Saudi Arabia. These as might be expected were caused by wind, sun, and sand. The
high level of solar irradiation forced Carlos and his colleagues to install bre optic
cables with special protection as the intense sunlight had damaging effects on the type
of cables that are typically installed in Europe. To protect equipment from the high
temperatures, “we tried to install as much equipment as possible inside buildings or
climate controlled shelters,” while those that had to be installed in the open, had to
be designed and manufactured to operate at temperatures close to 100ºC. Similarly,
specially designed rugged equipment was needed to prevent sand intrusion and all
communications buildings along the railway had to be airtight.
To learn more, don’t miss Carlos’s presentation on the
13th of March at 12:45-13:15 in the CCE supported stream.
The Public Safety Network
Jason Karp, co-founder of The Public
Safety Network will speak on the topic
of the smart connected ambulance
and how this approach enables
seamless integration from the eld
to the emergency room.
He believes some of the bene ts to
this approachinclude:
• Faster and improved patient
care, treatment, transfer and
hospital intervention
• Emergency room support
in eld and en-route to
hospital with real time patient
monitoring
• Streamlined and enhanced
overall EMS prehospital care to
emergency room transition
• Reliable and secure healthcare
information transfer
andmanagement
• An easy “one button” user
interface with automatic
sensor/monitor integration and
transmission features
• Interfaces for all common
communications protocols (BT,
WLAN, LAN, LTE, SAT, etc.)
• Comprehensive automated
patient documentation
transmitted in real time
Jason says that the main
obstacle to the introduction
of the smart connected
ambulance is that it is
different from the way
communications services have
historically been implemented and used
by EMS in many countries today, so the
challenge is transitioning from relying
on legacy communications systems and
processes to a new turnkey integrated
communicationssolution.
He believes that this change will require
agencies to approach in- eld care differently,
and to shift spending from traditional capex
to an opex-centric model, through the
purchase of the smart ambulance solution,
including all hardware and software, bundled
“as a service” for a monthly subscription
fee. In addition, agencies will need to
engage in new training, and updated
procedural and logistical approaches both
internally and in coordination with hospital
facilities to effectively implement a real time
prehospital and hospital telemedicine and
communications programme.
You can learn more about the smart
connected ambulance by attending
Jason’s presentation on 12th March at
11:00-11:30 in the BAPCO supported stream.
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