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Mobile Command Center

Written by Patrick Durkin. Author Archive »

Command posts instantly connect units during disaster operations.

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The 9-11 tragedy showed what can happen when a major city’s emergency personnel can’t communicate between departments because they’re using different electronic equipment. Two years later, Hurricane Isabel slammed into the East Coast, demonstrating what can happen when an entire region’s emergency efforts are crippled by communication networks that can’t keep local, state and federal personnel connected.

ARINC of Annapolis, MD responded aggressively to those tragic lessons. This company develops and operates communications and information-processing systems for five major industries: airports, aviation, defense, government and surface transportation. Not only did ARINC (Aeronautical Radio Inc.) develop revolutionary AWINS technology to deliver universal communication, it installs this electronic translator into a growing fleet of MCVs (Mobile Communications Vehicles), offering the ability to drive into the epicenters of disasters and quickly establish communications command centers for entire regions. Whether the emergency personnel are police, firefighters, state patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, Homeland Security, U.S. Army National Guard or all of the above, AWINS-equipped MCVs keep everyone in touch.

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