Wythenshawe Town Centre

JULY 2010

SFL Mobile Radio have now set up a Radio Messaging System link within Wythenshawe town centre security team which is linked to the police and shops. There are more than 30 shops now on the radio link and as this is an ongoing scheme in which more are joining each week.

The RMS system is a computer, situated within the town's security control room. Each time there is a broadcast made on a mobile radio device from one of the outlets, it is logged on the computer. There is a panic button on every mobile radio handset, if a member of staff was to press the button in an emergency, the computer sounds an alarm and the problem is dealt with immediatley. The police are also linked to this system who patrol the town centre, so instead of trying to call the police on the phone, a simple call on the security radio can get them there in seconds.

Radio Messaging System Features:

• Improves health & safety performance with the use of mandown, loneworker and panic button functions.
• RMS-Net text messaging provides office staff with more efficient and private communications to a mobile workforce.
• The system enables a mobile two-way radio user to transmit preset status messages at the simple touch of a button.
• Reduces voice traffic on scarce radio channels, plus more radios can operate on the same number of channels.
• Alert staff of security issues without the risk of being overheard.
• Use text messages to circulate security information such as descriptions of known offenders (ideal for shop centre applications).
• 'In-touch with one-touch' - mobile staff will benefit from simple message sending.
• Remotely monitor the RMS-Net system offsite, via the Internet.
• Users automatically log on or off to the system when switching their radio on or off.
• Highly-flexible integrated package.
• Choose from a basic package featuring messaging and emergency features, or a full version with security functions and full mapping.

Industries that could benefit from the latest Radio Messaging System from SFL are:

Hospitals or Medical Practices, Shopping Centres, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Power Plants, Property Management, Hazardous Industrial Areas, Maintenance Staff, Parking Control, Facility Managers or Areas of High Security Risk.