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WIRELESS VIDEO MONITORINGFOR PUBLIC SAFETY
"The Cambium Networks 4.9 GHz Point-to-Multipoint solution exceeded ourexpectations. It performed flawlessly in providing high-speed video and datafeeds of a day-long U.S. Army- and FEMA-managed HAZMATdecontamination drill.”Brad Kincaid, Vice President and General Manager, ezWireless
CUSTOMER PROFILE The US has eight chemical weaponstockpile sites across the country. Howwould the nation react if there were anaccident or other emergency that causedtoxic chemicals to leak? The ChemicalStockpile Emergency PreparednessProgram (CSEPP) is the agencyresponsible for public safety in the eventof a chemical emergency. Established in1988, CSEPP is a partnership betweenthe U.S. Army, as custodian of thechemical stockpiles, and the FederalEmergency Management Agency (FEMA),with long-standing experience in dealingwith emergencies of all kinds. CSEPPassists communities near stockpile sitesin the planning and testing of theirresponse capabilities in case of achemical event.
“We are impressed with how theCambium PMP 49400 productworked in a simulated, but highlystressful mission-critical situationin a nLOS environment. Based onthe way it performed, we areabsolutely interested in making itpart of our regular CSEPPprograms as well as our otherpublic safety applications.”Brad Kincaid, Vice President andGeneral Manager, ezWireless
SITUATIONezWireless, an experienced systems integrator inPortland, Oregon has been helping CSEPP use high-speedwireless communications to coordinate response amongthe various federal, state and local jurisdictions involvedin the program.
In April, 2009, CSEPP provided an excellent field testingopportunity with a large-scale decontaminationemergency drill held in Hermiston, Oregon. The trialscenario included a federal military exercise testingemergency response to a chemical stockpile incident. Thepurpose of the drill was to test and evaluate civilianbehavior in a simulated leak of poison chemical gas in apopulous area.
SOLUTION“We decided to demonstrate the new PMP 49400equipment at the DECON drill,” states Kincaid,“and wewere able to work with the Hermiston Police Departmentto utilize its 4.9 GHz network.” ezWireless installed anaccess point on a nearby tower, attached a 4.9 GHzsubscriber module to a “Broadband Incident Response”
trailer, and ran a simple, but very successful test providinglive, real-time video over the link.
RESULT“When we installed the Access Point (AP),” says Kincaid,“the field engineer drove to the location with theSubscriber Module (SM) sitting face down on the seatbeside him, and it automatically detected the AP andconnected. That was a confidence builder.” The systemsurprised the company in other ways, too. “Because wewere getting power from our truck, whenever we had toleave the scene, we had to power off,” says Kincaid. “Butthe minute we plugged it back in, the network came rightback up automatically. We had none of the re-bootinghassles that can occur with other equipment.”
The test enabled ezWireless to have streaming videogoing the whole day. “I used my laptop to connect to theserver at the other end as well,” says Kincaid. “I was ableto download video as it was being recorded so we hadsimultaneous upstream and downstream capabilities. Wenever once had an issue.”
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