S.C. City Makes Fire Engines WiFi Hot Spots

[peterose313 345]

The story is a couple months old but I just found it and didn't see anything about it upon doing a search for threads about it in the past so I think this should be relatively new to the forum.

The City of Newberry is turning vehicles into computer hot spots or nodes.

The city has contracted with In Motion, which is a leader in flexible, secure and enduring mobile communications to implement the onBoard System to leverage public and private network infrastructure for a citywide VoIP system that will improve response to citizen requests.

In layman's terms the new system allows the city's vehicles essentially become mobile hot spots, or nodes, that mesh with the city's wireless computer network and, when outside the current footprint of the network, the ability to maintain connectivity with it through a cellular (Verizon) air card.

"We are deploying this technology in our patrol cars, fire trucks, sanitation trucks and utility line vehicles; giving the personnel utilizing those vehicles access to voice, video and data modes of communication," said Newberry City Manager Jeff Shacker.

http://www.firehouse.com/news/10636880/sc-city-makes-fire-engines-wifi-hot-spots?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&campaign=user

[NJMedic 96]

I have to think this is more wide spread now a days. All our EMS vehicles have In Motion boxes. They allow our crews to use Toughbooks and up load run reports via EMSCharts and interface with our CAD system (Visicad). Also allows use of Fleeteyes.(http://www.fleeteyes.com/)