Northwest Fire/Rescue District Joins Tucson Fire Department Mobile Data System

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, December 2, 2005, -- The Northwest Fire/Rescue District will join the City of Tucson, Arizona wireless mobile data communication system. The City of Tucson has purchased an upgradeable IP Series 32 private wireless data system from IPMobileNet, Inc., for the Tucson Fire Department. The system consists of three base stations, 130 mobile units and 4.9 GHz mobile routers to be installed in vehicles in the 800 MHz public safety band. It features a native IP computing/communication platform, and over-the-air data rates of 32 Kbps and 64 Kbps.

The Northwest Fire/Rescue District has purchased two additional base stations for additional radio coverage in their region, and 50 radio modems for district fire vehicles. Northwest Fire/Rescue will utilize the IPNetwork Controller and other infrastructure that will be provided by the City of Tucson system.

Northwest Fire/Rescue District was formed in 1983 by residents of the northwest metropolitan Tucson area. The district currently provides emergency and community services to 114,000 residents and 1900 commercial occupancies over a 140 square mile area.

The system will allow mobile data computers in each fire department vehicle to receive dispatches and other messages from the 911 center, send vehicle-to-vehicle messages, provide automatic vehicle location services, and automatically upload and download mission critical information as they respond to emergencies. The system’s native IP platform allows data to transfer seamlessly, without user intervention, between wired networks (LAN) and wireless networks.
 

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