equipment
Waterloo Regional REACT owns, operates and maintains various pieces of equipment that is utilized at a wide variety of events and emergency scenes to assist in things such as patient transport, patient access, search and rescue, recovery, imagery, transportation, communications and much more!
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Command centre
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Waterloo Regional REACT Command Centre is usually the center of all communications during scheduled events and emergency situations. Not only does REACT utilize the Command Centre, but it is designed specifically to assist and accommodate the needs of the Police, Fire and Paramedic services. With it's cross service communications equipment, central work and meeting area, the Command Centre is fully equipped to provide on-scene communications coverage for any event or emergency situation in any weather condition / season. Waterloo Regional REACT has recently purchased a brand new command centre, as well as updated their Command Centre with new technology including television screen, Wi-Fi, and lastly, updated computer and radio communications systems. The Command Centre is an excellent resource not only for REACT, but the emergency services as well.
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KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- Provides a central meeting area
- Secure and private command post
- Rear panel lowering capabilities for outside medical post
- Rehab area for extended emergency scenes
Scene lighting units
The Scene Lighting Units are one of the most valuable and important pieces of equipment owned by the organization. These two identical units send large beams of light that can spread across three football fields, these high powered lighting systems were introduced and are still used today to help the police conduct accident and/or other investigations at nighttime incidents. Providing scene lighting has been and continues to be a very successful service provided by Waterloo Regional REACT. Having recently replaced one of the older units, REACT now owns two identical SLUs that are extremely beneficial due to their capability to light up extremely large areas or permits us to be at two different scenes at the same time if required. Along with the larger units, handheld halogen lights are also used to light specific areas.
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KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- Light beams spread across 3 football fields
- 2 high-powered lighting systems available
- Separate hand-held halogen lights available for lighting specific areas
- Provide assistance during nighttime investigations
- Used to provide the lighting conditions necessary to operate the drone during nighttime operations
- No need to alternative lighting sources
- Frees up time of secondary lighting sources (i.e Fire Department etc.)
P25 MOTOROLA RADIO SYSTEM
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Waterloo Regional REACT has a new, upgraded radio system that has been put into service, providing our members with better quality communication tools.
These radios have upgraded hardware, features and security. The EDACS system is no longer in use. REACT is able to communicate with allied agencies on secure channels. |
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- Upgraded security
- Updated software and hardware
- Encrypted / Private Channel capabilties
- Replacing the existing EDACS radio system
react ford f-150 utility truck
The REACT Ford F-150 Utility Vehicle is one of the newer vehicles to the organization. This vehicle is used for various tasks including towing equipment to and from events and emergency scenes, coverage at various events and member transportation to various locations during events or emergency scenes. The back is where pieces of equipment such as generators, traffic cones, hand held lighting units and tools are kept.
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KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- Towing capabilities for equipment
- Identifiable vehicle during events / responses
- Emergency lighting system installed for safety and visibility
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