The use of Deployable Mobile Radio Transmission Sites (DMRTS) will strengthen the TasGRN communications coverage for emergency responders. Affectionately known as COWs (Cell on Wheels), a DMRTS will extend the reach and capacity of the new network in the field when responding to a large-scale emergency event.
Telstra took delivery of the first TasGRN DMRTS and recently conducted a trial deployment of the unit. In this video, Andrew Johns, Telstra Purple Head of Service for Tasmanian Government Radio, also a volunteer firefighter, explains how the DMRTS units will be utilised.