Dortmund Firebrigade only in 2014 to use TETRA
Dortmund Fire Brigade costs come in the amount of € 1.3 million for the replacement of the radios and the installation of the equipment in the vehicles.
Realistically, I think that a the end of 2014 the the Dortmund Fire Brigade will use the digital TETRA radionetwork ofr its operations, "said Athanassios Thanos of the project group "digital radio" of the Dortmund Fire Brigade.
The group is working intensively since 2009 on a special project group regarding this the topic. This would allow firefighters to communicate with those in the city of Munich, Dortmund and Hamburg via the digital TETRA network
Test trials of teh network are currently underway in the metropolitan area of ??Düsseldorf and Cologne. Because everything is running smoothly, they would extend its test run on the Dortmund region probably in early 2013. "The trial run will then take about six months," said Thanos. After the test trial has been completed the network would surely still be improved here and there, then run a parallel operations with the old network, so a final start at the end of 2014 appears realistic.
At the Dortmund Fire Brigade costs come in the amount of € 1.3 million for the replacement of the radios and the installation of the equipment in the vehicles. A total of about 1,000 units would be purchased, including charities (Red Cross, ASB, St. John and Malta). Then, the first units as quickly as possible to the "Analytical Task Force" (ATF), the special units for detection and control of biological, chemical or radiological hazards.
Source: www.derwesten.de
