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MOTOTRBO enables communication in flood-stricken Valencia
MOTOTRBO enables communication when mobile coverage fails
The network helped EMIVASA teams coordinate the restoration of the city’s water supply in flood-stricken Valencia.
- Utilities
- Commercial & Business Radios
Radio network helps enable disaster recovery
In October 2024, catastrophic floods in Valencia, Spain, caused unquantifiable damage. A communication system was urgently required to coordinate the restoration of drinking water supplies. Within 5 hours the MOTOTRBO network was deployed, and water was reinstated in the area.
Radio network helps enable disaster recovery
In October 2024, catastrophic floods in Valencia, Spain, caused unquantifiable damage. A communication system was urgently required to coordinate the restoration of drinking water supplies. Within 5 hours the MOTOTRBO network was deployed, and water was reinstated in the area.
The challenge
On 29 and 30 October 2024, flash flooding in the Valencia area left 211 dead, 93 missing, and immeasurable damage to housing, infrastructure and public roads.
EMIVASA, like other utility companies, had maintained its radio network for data, but dismantled its voice network due to the prevalence of mobile phone technology. When the floods disabled mobile networks in the affected areas, Valencia’s field teams were left without any means of communication. A radio communications system was urgently required to coordinate the restoration of the water supply infrastructure. EMIVASA contacted ANFER RADIOCOMUNICACIONES, its trusted supplier for more than 30 years.
The solution
ANFER successfully deployed a MOTOTRBO network for EMIVASA in just five hours. The solutions incorporated a MTR3000 repeater and a range of MOTOTRBO radios, including the MOTOTRBO DM4600e two-way mobile radios, used as base stations.
The impact
EMIVASA was highly satisfied with both the system’s performance and the lengths ANFER went to to ensure the urgent deployment was successful. This was not the only time the MOTOTRBO system showed its worth, it proved essential during the blackouts across the Iberian Peninsula, as again, the mobile communications networks went down.
"These emergencies have taught us the importance of having our own private communications systems and reaffirmed the strategic importance of this network."
Arantxa Gamón
Telecontrol Systems Manager
Europe
"ANFER deployed an emergency MOTOTRBO radio system for us in the space of a morning. This proved essential to optimise our coordination and speed of response, as we worked to restore our service."
Arantxa Gamón
Telecontrol Systems Manager
Europe
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