New product facilitates multi-jurisdictional approach to disaster response

Published 14 March 2006

SyTech

Earlier this month the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) held an exercise designed to test communications interoperability and the response of different agencies using different radio equipment. The drill was supported by SEPTA’s new installation of Alexandria, Virginia-based SyTech’s Radio Inter-Operability System (RIOS) System. Eleven counties in the Philadelphia region participated in the exercise which simulated a terrorist event occurring at two mass transit locations.

The SEPTA RIOS provides interoperability between 8 federal agencies, 8 state agencies, 8 local agencies, and 11 other independent organizations. SEPTA’s system consists of a RIOS Server and 6 Dispatch Interoperability stations. The system allows SEPTA to integrate communications between disparate radios (UHF, VHF, 800 MHz) and phones (standard, cell, VoIP, and satellite phones).

-read more about SyTech’s RIOS at company Web site