City of Zurich, Switzerland Selects Intergraph Public Safety to Integrate Emergency Dispatch Operations; Interoperable Solutions to Manage Emergencies.HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The City of Zurich, Switzerland has selected Intergraph Public Safety to combine its two emergency dispatching centers into one central communications center An agency charged with the responsibility for handling and controlling communications traffic. The center normally includes message center, transmitting, and receiving facilities. Also called COMCEN. See also telecommunications center. . The new center will join city police, fire and emergency medical services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. (EMS) into one location thus increasing operational efficiencies. The contract award is valued at over $2.9 million. Intergraph Public Safety will implement its computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, giving dispatchers instant, visual information. Dispatchers will be able to see emergency vehicles and the events they are responding to on a graphical map that updates automatically on their computer screens. In addition to CAD, a new video and voice communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. and broadband network will be installed. The new integrated solution will also allow for interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. between Intergraph systems already operational at the Canton Police of Zurich and the City Police of Winterthur. "After an intensive analysis of qualified bid submissions and a thorough demonstration of the proposed system, the City of Zurich selected Intergraph for its user-friendly, state-of-the-art software," said Ms. Heidi Daniels, project leader of Schutz & Rettung, Zurich. "The large-scale integration of the Geographic Information System geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) component, and the ability to have one fully integrated system for three organizations convinced us to choose the Intergraph solution." Ben Eazzetta, president of Intergraph Public Safety, said, "We are delighted to help Zurich combine the efforts of all their emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' into one central communications center. The previously established partnership between Intergraph and the Canton Police of Zurich and the City Police of Winterthur provides the basis of assurance the Intergraph solution implemented at the City of Zurich will further improve communications and response management. This contract award is another example of our increasing presence and on-going commitment to serving the emergency service organizations throughout Europe." About Intergraph Public Safety Intergraph Public Safety develops Windows-based decision support solutions designed for public safety agencies, commercial fleet operations, campus, military base, and airport security. Intergraph provides complete, integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. applications for computer aided dispatch, fire and police records management, mobile data computing, forensic video Forensic Video Analysis is the scientific examination, comparison and/or evaluation of video in legal matters. Listed below are common techniques that are required of forensic video analysts.
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