Advances in telemetry

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service has
experienced the improved safety
benefits of using electronic
monitoring and telemetry systems.

Designed to provide a safety
enhancement to current entry
control and accountability
procedures and bring a new level of
monitoring and protection to
firefighters, the Service’s new
Draeger PSS Merlin telemetry
system has also significantly
improved communications and
evacuation procedures.

The Draeger PSS Merlin 7000 is
able to continuously transmit and
receive data from up to 12 individual
firefighters simultaneously. Unlike
traditional manual or semi-manual
systems, it remotely monitors their
exact status and safety from outside
the incident and provides the ECO
with a continuously updated supply
of vital information, enabling them
to react immediately in an
emergency.