{"id":20844,"date":"2020-09-03T07:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T05:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sms77.io\/?p=20844"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:48:50","slug":"freienohl-fire-brigade-uses-inbound-sms-solution-to-optimise-the-reception-of-alarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seven.io\/en\/blog\/freienohl-fire-brigade-uses-inbound-sms-solution-to-optimise-the-reception-of-alarms\/","title":{"rendered":"Freienohl fire brigade uses inbound SMS solution to optimise the reception of alarms"},"content":{"rendered":"

How an inbound SMS solution optimized the operations of the fire brigade Ferienohl<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

When an emergency call is received by the volunteer fire brigade in Freienohl via 112, an SMS is sent to the message recipient in addition to the radio alarm. The message is then visualized on a monitor in the fire station. Initially, this had been implemented with a Raspberry Pi mini-computer, a prepaid SIM card and a GSM modem. However, the modem was already defective for the second time and also the change to Windows with an old UMTS stick proved to be rather unreliable. All in all, the transmission was a disaster: out of ten messages, usually only one arrived. So fire chief Dennis Pingel was looking for a professional SMS inbound solution<\/a> that would ensure a reliable reception in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

The initial situation<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>
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The\u00a0Freienohl Volunteer Fire Brigade<\/a>\u00a0(Freienohl has 5000 inhabitants) is the second largest fire brigade of 12 districts belonging to the district and university town of Meschede (30,000 inhabitants) in North Rhine-Westphalia. Each district has its own voluntary fire brigade in the Hochsauerlandkreis in municipal self-administration. Freienohl can serve five surrounding districts within a radius of 12 km as a so-called support fire brigade. The Freienohl fire brigade is called in especially when special equipment is needed for technical rescue or, for example, a fan for smoke extraction. There are a total of 60 volunteer members, whereby 30-40 comrades are a plannable size for the operations. The remaining members volunteer in the office, in training or in the youth fire brigade.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Another special feature is the basic medical training of Freienohler firefighters. This training enables them to provide initial care for injured persons until the ambulance arrives from Meschede, which usually takes 12-15 minutes. “In addition to fire protection and technical assistance, we are also active as first responders. If there is a medical emergency in our community of 5000 souls and an ambulance is called, we bridge the time until the emergency service arrives with expert medical help,” says head of the fire fighting unit Dennis Pingel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

“The reception needs to be reliable in the future”<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Both the mobile reception of the modem and the reception of the SMS message on the monitor were causing problems. The script that Dennis Pingel programmed to enable the display on the monitor, on the other hand, could be implemented easily and safely. Dennis Pingel was looking for a professional alternative where the SIM card would be safely and autonomously stored outside the hall so that he would not have to worry about its functionality in future.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we have very high temperatures in the hall for structural reasons \u2013 it heats up inhumanely. In the past, this has caused permanent problems. The previous SIM card was inserted in a UMTS stick on a Raspberry Pi mini-computer. This computer was unstable and unreliable due to the hot temperatures in the hall, especially in summer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

The application case<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>
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If the control center dispatcher recognizes that an operation affects the Freienohl fire brigade, they can use an EDP system to raise the alarm. First, the radio message receivers of the volunteer firefighters are triggered and “ring”. Depending on the type of operation, different numbers of firefighters are required:<\/p>\n