by Lionel Bascom — May 23rd, 2008 — 1 comment
The new office towers and Sept. 11 memorial being built at ground zero should get a state-of-the-art security center and a radio system that would open up 20 radio frequencies to police, firefighters and other officials during an emergency, officials said Thursday.
Newsday, the Long Island, New York newspaper says planners are still deciding whether to locate the World Trade Center operation command center on the site, or above or below ground, said Steve Plate, director of World Trade Center construction for the site’s owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The Port Authority’s board on Thursday approved $5 million in funding to look at options for the security center, which would serve five skyscrapers, a memorial and a transit hub by 2013.
First responders were hampered during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by radios that didn’t work inside the twin towers, making it impossible for firefighters in one tower to know that the other had collapsed.
Plate said at an agency meeting Thursday morning that each building on the site would have separate security centers as well, and that equipment has been installed at the PATH commuter rail hub to allow firefighters to communicate by wireless radio.
The agency, NYPD and Fire Department plan to work together to find the best technology for radio communications and will discuss where the center should be, he said. Several locations are under consideration, he said, but declined to name them for security reasons.”
11:22 PM in Uncategorized, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News
Ah, at long last, individuals in positions of authority communicate with each other on communication.
I find it amazing that the human capacity for intellectually interacting with others offers such a wide variety of options, yet so many fall short of understanding the vast potential of positive communication and enlightenment that exists when one simply stops to become aware of the positive energy that unites human consciousness.
This hauteur only divides, leaving residual tears to traverse the face of pathetic fallacy.
However, when a concerted effort to restore communication occurs, there exists a spherical dynamism that propels both the giver and the reciever into an understanding that not only communicates wisdom, but establishes a protection against ignorance. Such is the case of these security forces, connecting their technology with intelligence to maintain vigliance and accurate communication.
Jeanne · May 24th, 2008 at 10:46 am