Press release
Lakewood, Colo. – Rogo communicationA company that was founded to develop life -saving technology for firefighters and first aiders started a new one today Dropblock 2.0 To follow the location of firefighters and equipment.
The new satellite communication drops are smaller and weight smaller, which are worn by Wildland firefighters and often hike into the wilderness in remote areas in which cellular networks are normally not available.
Drop blocks also share hyper-local weather information from portable weather stations, including wind speed, direction, temperature, air humidity and other IoT sensor data. Immediate tactical coordination and life -saving situation awareness are enabled by tracking the position of crews, devices and resources such as bulldozers, water tenders, fire engine, high -quality structures, rescue for medical evacuation and temporary water resources.
“Based on feedback from Wildland Firefighter Field Trials, the reduced size and weight of the new drop blocks enables immediate use to support the first attack of a running fire, the time of the most dangerous risk for firefighters,” said Rod Goossen, Chief Executive Officer from Rogo. Together with his brother Derek, who served in teams that fought more than 100 forest fires, they founded the company to develop technology that can save the life of firefighters from Wildland.
Task Force executives who usually work from their vehicle to coordinate four to six groups of occupation resources are given a broadband satellite terminal with satellite data connectivity with a high bandwidth to obtain drop crews and weather data from hand crews and equipment, which are also shared with the incident command.
Products and services in Rogo Satellite are active all over the world and support fire and field attempts in local, state and state authorities in the western United States. Rogo Services also support first aiders in other disasters such as hurricanes, floods and search and rescue teams.
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management Field tested dropblocks with six wildland fire hand crews, which adds to the smaller size and the addition of point-to-point data communication.
In addition to the exchange of location and weather data, a new smartphone app in development offers point-to-point communication and tactical cooperation on the EDGE.
About Rogo Communications
Rogo Communications, a company that developed a life-saving technology for firefighters and first aiders after the tragic death of 19 firefighters in the Yarnell Hill Fire, offers an advanced satellite communication platform to provide tactical communication and cooperation, access to scene-critical, remarkable data. Combining these skills offers a common operational image (COP) for all firefighters. Rogo Communications Services also support first aiders after disasters such as hurricanes and floods. You can find more information under Viewing www.rogocom.com.
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