ENHANCING UTILITY & FIRST RESPONDER HEALTH & SAFETY - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ENHANCING UTILITY & FIRST RESPONDER HEALTH & SAFETY Richard Russell - November 15th 2018

• Working Towards Zero Harm WORKER SAFETY

Climate Change • Extreme weather • Higher temperatures • Increased rainfall = Increased risk to services, property and lives Utility companies (critical infrastructure) must ensure a reliable recurring service • Secure, Reliable Voice and Data Communications • Energy supplies for the grid • First responder protecting the public “Resilient DMR solutions are essential for 1st world living we expect in the 21st century.” MAINTAINING SOCIAL ORDER

• Social demands and expectations • Operational efficiency • Distributed generation – Smart Grid • Power quality / stability • Minimize outage durations • Proactive vs Reactive • Regulation / fines BUSINESS CHALLENGES

SCADA Gathers Data, Delivers Control To & From Remote Telemetry Units (RTU’s) Connected To Critical Systems • Electric Utilities – Safety, regulatory compliance, asset protection monitoring and control. • Water Utilities – Safety, water level monitoring, pressure monitoring, leak detection, asset monitoring, valve control • Oil and Gas – Safety, exploration and automated “unmanned production”. • Mining – Safety, Environmental sensors, remote machine control, automated resource management • Transportation – Safety, remote assets, monitor. Line Switching, remote braking, speed/fuel management CRITICAL SERVICES

Unreliable Communications • = Slower outage restoration • = Operational uncertainty • = Safety risk Total Fines & Redress Cost of Poor Reliability £71.9M in 2015 • Penalties £51.9M in 2016 • Reputation impact Source: Ofgem Investigations & Enforcement data Correct as of 17 th Sept 2018 • Inefficient workforce COST OF POOR RELIABILITY

• Ensure Utilities have efficient, resilient & time reactive, safe network management • Stay competitive in a competitive market • Provide customers with quality products & services GOALS

VHF - Band III - UHF MISSION CRITICAL DMR VOICE & DATA

CONNECTED LIKE NEVER BEFORE

Enhancing Operational Efficiency & Connectivity A multi bearer communications hub extending communications at edge of range • Network of Networks hub • Linux based processing and router (Ethernet for MDT’s) • Multiple bearers – transmit & receive simultaneously • Apps, Voice recoding, Integrated Work Flow, SIP (VoIP) +++ • API’s / SDK’s – develop Apps to meet your requirements. * Satellite future release TAIT UNIFIED VEHICLE

Extending Remote Network Coverage ENHANCING WORKER SAFETY

APPLICATIONS FOR ALL INDUSTRIES

Challenge TAIT UNIFIED VEHICLE A mandate for Fire Services to record STANDARD APPLICATION all communications could not be implemented when using direct mode. With the in-built voice recorder, all digital communications are recorded. ALL CALL RECORDING

Team PTToC Communications Team communication – Anyone, Any where, Any time • IOS and Android • Enhance coverage and add capacity • Cloud or on-premise solutions TAIT TeamPTT

Tait Unified Vehicle + Biometrics Enhancing Workforce Safety & Well Being Are they OK? • Core Temperature – manage heat exhaustion • Heart rate • Predict future status • Simple traffic light status update = simple decisions TAIT BIOMETRICS

• Converged Technology Leaders • Mission Critical Voice & Data Solutions • Enhancing Health & Safety SUMMARY

Thank you Email: richard.russell@taitradio.com Telephone: 07711 460 759