Satellite navigation for all operational ambulance vehicles
Health Minister Reba Meagher announced a $1.2 million upgrade of ambulance vehicles with the purchase of state of the art navigation equipment.
The funding will allow the installation of satellite navigation units and reversing cameras in all emergency ambulance vehicles.
Over the past two years Ambulance has been using this equipment in the Rapid Reponse vehicles and has proved to be very beneficial.
Initially the new satellite navigation units will be trialled in
six ambulances:
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four in rural areas
- Tamworth (2)
- Wagga Wagga (2)
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two in the metropolitan area
- Bankstown (2)
The trial of the six units will provide the opportunity to establish training requirements and operating protocols for satellite navigation units in dual crewed ambulances.
Part of the upgrade will involve fitting a reversing camera on to ambulance vehicles. Vision will then be streamed from the camera through to the satellite navigation unit.
Reversing cameras greatly improve safety for pedestrian traffic, especially small children, and reduce reversing collisions.
Photograph: NSW Minister for Health Reba Meagher addresses the media on the satellite navigation and reversing cameras for Ambulance.
Ambulance is committed to assisting the community create safer and healthier environments and outcomes by making prevention everyone’s businesses. A number of innovative community education programs have been implemented to assist identify life threatening conditions, understand what to do in an emergency and the importance of adopting illness prevention strategies.