RESCUE EQUIPMENT
Ensuring safety for remote crew is simply good business
Wind energy companies realise that retaining the most expert, knowledgeable staff is simply good business. Highly experienced team members often perform duties more rapidly than more junior staff and have more know-how to draw upon when faced with challenging situations. Particularly when considering the far- flung locations and dangerous tasks wind energy workers need to undertake, often alone, there is a clear need to provide these working professionals with lifeline communications that improve their safety.
REMOTE SITES
Wind energy sites are typically remote and can be subject to sudden and dramatic changes in weather. Furthermore, access by the emergency services can be challenging, taking into consideration extremely rough terrain and hard-to-reach locations. Risks on sites, whether onshore or offshore, include all the injury hazards generally associated with major construction and maritime projects, as well as fire.
Gavan Murphy, Director of Marketing EMEA at satellite technology pioneer Globalstar says: “Improving working
conditions and welfare for remote crews, in particular those working in potentially hazardous environments, has moved up the agenda to become an essential operational requirement.”
SPECIALIST SUPPORT To add to the safety imperative, emergency rescues offshore can require specialist support such as an air ambulance. All told, remote crew require a communications system they can trust, rain or shine, 24/7, to guarantee an always-on link with colleagues on land. And when there’s an emergency, crew need the reassurance that they can summon rescue.
SOLUTION
A satellite-based communications solution offers the only viable communications lifeline. Those working in remote wind energy sites need a system that can provide helpful and reliable communications for crews; it has to be efficient, reliable and easy to set up for multiple users.
An essential requirement is to enable users to summon help in case of emergency even in locations where other communications networks might not reach.
SPOT Gen3 from Globalstar is a rugged, pocket-sized, affordable personal GPS messenger that helps users stay connected via satellite even where there is poor or no mobile phone signal. If a worker needs help urgently, with the single press of a button, first responders are alerted, the worker’s GPS co-ordinates are transmitted and a rescue operation is initiated. The SPOT Gen3’s reliability is enhanced by its long battery life.
The professionals who work in the wind energy industry now expect reliable connectivity while carrying out their jobs, even in remote and dangerous environments.
Moreover, in consideration of the critical roles these remote crews perform every day, companies in this space increasingly hold the view that they truly need it.
Globalstar
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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