Emergency Service Organisations (ESOs) across the Great Lakes will experience enhanced operational capabilities, network availability and improved resilience, following the completion of 10 Public Safety Network (PSN) sites in the region.
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The completed sites include Forster, Cabbage Tree Mountain, Mount Chapman, Coolongolook, Mount Marie, Nabiac, Nerong State Forest and Smiths Lake.
Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead said a new solar site located at Mount Marie was the first of several planned solar sites within the PSN across NSW.
"It is a great result for the Myall Lakes community that we have not only completed building these new PSN sites, but also delivered the first solar site," Mr Bromhead said
"This is a critical improvement for our first responders who will now operate on a more reliable and efficient network during disasters when every second counts," he said.
"The installation of these PSN sites is another way the NSW Government are supporting our region to ensure we are more resilient and better equipped to face future natural disasters.
This is a critical improvement for our first responders who will now operate on a more reliable and efficient network during disasters when every second counts.
- Stephen Bromhead
"The solar site will use state-of-the-art infrastructure to support our emergency service teams with mission-critical communications capacity when they need it most."
An integrated communications network for emergency services, the PSN is under expansion across the State through the Critical Communications Enhancement Program.
Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello said the completion of these sites provided a tremendous boost for local ESOs and their teams in their efforts to save lives and protect communities.
"An expanded network with improved functionality and interoperability is critically important for our first responders," he said.
"Equipping ESOs with the best available critical communications network enables their teams to keep our communities safe.
"The NSW Government is investing more than $600 million in critical communications infrastructure to expand the PSN's footprint across NSW, representing the biggest investment in the network in two decades."
Next to Australia's triple zero emergency hotline, the PSN is the most critical communications network in NSW.
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