PLANS TO REPLACE EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Date Published: 13-Oct-2008

There are moves to replace the out-of-date Emergency Services communications network in Galway with a new state-of-the art digital system. Eircom Ltd has applied to county planners to build a 15-metre support pole at the Eircom Exchange in Scrahallia, Cashel, to carry three radio aerials for the Garda, Ambulance, Fire Brigade services. Paramedics will even be able to transmit ECG's every minute from an ambulance en route to a hospital to speed up diagnosis.