Edwards Air Force Base Selects Celergy Networks to Improve Emergency Communications System.SAN CLEMENTE San Clemente (săn klĭmĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city, which is chiefly residential. , Calif. -- Celergy Networks, a national leader in the field of structured cabling Structured Cabling is defined as building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems. and IT infrastructure installations, today announced that it has completed the design and installation of structured cabling to support an enhanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP) emergency 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. for fire protection services at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . Edwards Air Force Base covers more than 300,000 acres in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , and is one of the largest Air Force Bases in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . There are more than 5,909 people, 1,678 households, and 1,515 families residing in the base. The base has five fire stations and 115 firefighters providing protection to homes, businesses, aircraft hangars, Air Force administration buildings and structures that house critical military research projects. Celergy Networks designed an installed a comprehensive system providing enhanced communications between the base's central 911 emergency dispatch system and the widely distributed fire stations. "Our old communications system was outdated, in disrepair and actually hampered our response time," said C.R. Eckroth, Edwards Air Force Base Fire Inspector and Logistics Officer. "Our base has very complex system needs, and critical information has to move instantaneously across our entire network. Celergy Networks worked closely with us to customize a system that can provide varying levels of emergency notification to one or more of the fire stations, depending on each situation. Celergy Networks was great to work with. The system has been in place for several months and we've seen a dramatic improvement in the flow of information and response times." Celergy Networks president and COO Frank DeJoy said, "We are honored to be selected by Edwards Air Force Base and we are very proud of the improvements our network installation team was able to bring to the base's emergency response system." About Celergy Networks Celergy Networks, Inc., was founded in 1989 to offer businesses a single-source provider for wired and wireless voice, data and network infrastructure. From the desktop to the DMARC DMARC Demarcation point (telephony; interface point between phone/telecommunications systems; usually between customer and provider) - Celergy Networks has served as a one-stop solution to Fortune 1000 as well as government clients nationwide. Celergy's business offerings include network cabling installations equipment installation and maintenance, wired and wireless voice & data networking, converged networks/VoIP systems installations as well as staging and deployment. Celergy Networks is privately held and headquartered in San Clemente, California
San Clemente is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of 2005, the city population was 65,338. . For more information, visit www.celergy.com. About Edwards Air Force Base For more than 50 years Edwards Air Force Base -- home of the Air Force Flight Test Center -- has been the home of more major milestones in flight than any other place on earth. Covering nearly 301,000 acres, Edwards is located in the Mojave Desert, adjacent to the largest dry lakebed lake·bed n. The floor of a lake. in North America -- Rogers Dry Lakebed. Edwards' focus today, and in the future, is summed up in the Air Force Flight Test Center's motto: "Ad Inexplorata OToward the Unexplored."For more information, visit www.edwards.af.mil. |
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