PIVOTEL.COM.AU | 1300 882 448 MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS DURING DISASTERS TO COORDINATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTH ISLAND CASE STUDY The Challenge As Emergency Management Coordinator for the Canterbury Regional Emergency Management Office in Christchurch, New Zealand, Andrew Howe must plan and prepare for all manner of natural and man-made emergencies. One vital component to this is to ensure effective telecommunications are maintained at all times when infrastructure and regular communication channels may be severely compromised by earthquake or other disasters. The Solution A layered communication system has been developed to cater for any eventuality, the most autonomous of which is the BGAN, or Broadband Global Area Network, which uses a geo-stationary satel

Join for free to read