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Funkwerk and TETRA increase prison security
- Pilot project: Straubing prison to be first German facility with complete
personal emergency call and professional messaging system with TETRA
technology
- Prison staff protected with new TETRA radio units for automatic and
manual alerting and exact location
- Innovative personal security solutions in great demand worldwide
One of the key roles of correctional facilities is to protect the public
from crime. To be successful, however, their 'inside' needs to meet maximum
security requirements. This increasingly requires intelligent solutions
which combine staff protection with an automated alerting system to enable
faster access in case of danger. One of the world's most innovative systems
is now installed in Straubing prison. Here, where some 850 inmates are
incarcerated often with lengthy prison sentences, a TETRA-based personal
emergency call system (PECS) from Funkwerk will in future ensure even
greater security. The system is implemented in a pilot scheme. Straubing is
the first German correctional facility to be provided with a comprehensive
communication system based on the mobile radio standard TETRA.
Reliable communication in any situation
The crucial advantage of the TETRA solution from Funkwerk compared to
conventional systems is its high reliability of locating the incident in
case of an alarm, the stability of the wireless connection between the
individual officer and the control room, and a much wider range of
features. As a digital mobile radio standard, TETRA provides all the
advantages of professional communication specifically for authorities and
organisations with security functions, while combining voice communication,
status and location information with efficient data transfer. Our many
years of experience as a leading supplier of profes-sional personal
emergency call systems have had a direct influence on the development of
these TETRA devices. They can be seamlessly integrated into existing and
future control centre and building management applications not least also
for maximum investment protection.
The FT4 S generation of devices from Funkwerk was developed specifically
for use in safety devices such as prisons. These devices include four
active and four passive, freely parameterisable types of alarm. This allows
users in an emergency to activate the emergency call button and sound the
alarm. Pressing the button for a variable number of times allows the user
to indicate the urgency of the alarm. If the user is no longer actively
able to sound the alarm, an automatic alarm is triggered. If, for example,
the handset is found horizontal for an extended period such as after a
fall, a horizontal position alarm is automatically sent to the control
room. Likewise, a no-motion alarm is triggered when the user or the handset
fails to move for a longer period of time. The mobile device also sounds an
alarm if the user fails to report back after an agreed time (time alarm) or
the device is forcibly taken from them (loss alarm). This ensures prompt
intervention in case of an emergency.
Correctional facilities face catch-up in modernisation
On spacious grounds as found at Straubing prison, reliability in locating
individuals is of particular impor-tance. Errors and inaccuracies can, in
extreme cases, have grave consequences. The new TETRA terminals in the FT4
series from Funkwerk set new standards in robustness and reliability. The
mobile devices can be located using inductive transmitters to pinpoint the
exact room and floor of a person in distress. This not only increases the
subjective feeling of safety among staff, it objectively also meets the
stringent requirements of safety at work for what are known as 'vulnerable'
workplaces of individuals as those in prisons.
Innovative security systems increasingly enjoy keen interest not only in
Germany - where Funkwerk is market leader in PECS - but around the world.
While Germany is already quite advanced in the modernisation of its
correctional facilities, other countries and regions still have some way to
go. 'We have already provided the first correctional facilities in
countries in Middle and Central Europe with PEC systems. Now, our solutions
are also increasingly in demand in Eastern Europe and neighbouring regions.
With the introduction of TETRA particularly to security-related
authorities, we see a market opening up that is worth millions,' Funkwerk
CEO Dr. Hans Grundner says affirming the potential.
Further information:
Based in Kölleda near Erfurt, Funkwerk AG (ISIN DE0005753149) develops,
produces and markets solution-oriented communication and information
systems used in vehicles, transport and other companies and institutions.
With its four segments Traffic & Control Communication (communication,
management and information systems for transport and industry), Automotive
Communication (communication equipment for vehicles), Enterprise
Communication (telecommunication solutions, networks and data integrity for
companies), and Security Communication (personal security, video
monitoring, property protection), Funkwerk occupies a strategically
excellent position in future markets. Further information on Funkwerk AG is
available at www.funkwerk.com.
For further information contact:
Funkwerk AG
Im Funkwerk 5
99625 Kölleda/Thuringia
Germany
Jörg Reichenbach
Investor Relations
Telephone: 0 36 35/6 00 -3 46
Fax: 0 36 35/6 00 -5 07
reichenbach@funkwerk.com
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Language: English
Company: Funkwerk AG
Im Funkwerk 5
99625 Kölleda
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)3635 600 0
Fax: +49 (0)3635 600 507
E-mail: info@funkwerk.com
Internet: www.funkwerk.com
ISIN: DE0005753149
WKN: 575314
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in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart
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