Flinders Island

The TasGRN is a unified radio network that will provide the state's emergency services, land managers and electricity operators with many benefits, including increased coverage.

Recently, representatives from Tas Fire Service, the State Emergency Service, Ambulance Tasmania, and TasGRN project team members flew to Flinders Island to conduct the first of many onboarding sessions aimed at supporting Super Users and Change Champions.

Super Users and Change Champions will play a key role in helping to support the thousands of volunteers and employees in adapting to new ways or working when they transition over to the TasGRN this year.

The purpose of the onboarding session was to deliver information to volunteers and employees on the island about their role and the activities they will be expected to perform as a super user or change champion. It also provided an opportunity to introduce and use some of the TasGRN equipment, such as the radios.

TFS TasGRN Agency Lead, Steve Lowe was excited to engage with the locals in the sessions, noting:

"Things are pretty remote up here on Flinders Island, so it's important to ensure the locals know we have included them in our plans. One of the project's main aims is to increase coverage for all users, and what better way to demonstrate that than come to one of the northernmost points in Tasmania."

As for the improved coverage that the TasGRN will deliver? The team, shown here inspecting the newly upgraded communications tower at Mount Tanner, agreed that coverage across the island was spot on, with voice clarity much improved.