SIRESPs not found in the fires now until Portugal
With the number of fires registered in Portugal, the SIRESP communications network is once again a topic of discussion because of the case of the uncontactable firefighters.
The president of redeSIRESP, Brigadier General Paulo Viegas Nunes, the sustainability of responsibility and explains that
Viegas Nu said that he did not mention "on behalf of those it worked", he decided that the SIRESP network worked "entirely". Even so, there is a "lack of understanding" about the system, and said he wants to bet more on training actions.
"SIRESP works with a queue system", explained Viegas Nunes. It does not refer directly to the Serra Estrela case, describing one of the most common problems: "What is justifiable, because those who are in need to speak urgently - is that they keep pushing on the switch" that makes a call.
Each time such a button is pressed, the "turn down" called in the hierarchy, highlighted the brigadier general. This causes the user to "add even more delay to the request", he said, although admitting that in emergencies there is not always "peace to wait".
Viegas Nunes in an area with no chance of the seven firefighters who may be in a state of count. He also recalled that the recommendation of SIRESP communication devices or DMO modes of direct communication) or repeater.
SIRESP network has an emergency button
The SI RESP network has an emergency call mechanism / Emergency Button. "do not queue for communications", and should be done in situations "that put human life at risk or that imply immediate action".
The brigadier general highlighted the "resilience" of the SIRESP network, referring that, even in cases of network interruption due to fire, it continues to work via satellite. In the Serra da Estrela fire, it was often "the only network to be active", he stressed.
The session with journalists, which took place at SIRESP's headquarters, was followed by a practical demonstration of how the system works. One person in charge, mute on a communicator, stayed there, while another went to the cave. The system worked on Monday, from the person in charge who stayed in one of the offices of the headquarters if after the JN for the only one, reveals the JN.
The SIRESP network is made up of 550 Base Stations, including 53 traffic dispatch rooms, 53 dispatch rooms and 9 operational stations, thus allowing communication in all six territories as well as the interbility of the various users when necessary.