First-response emergency teams will be able to view and share multiple video and data feeds simultaneously on mobile devices using new technology from Alcatel-Lucent. The company’s First Responder Video product will allow fire, ambulance and police teams to share critical emergency situation information with operation controllers via video and data streams using 4G LTE mobile broadband networks.

The device optimizes bandwidth use and integrates multiple video feeds and other operational data into one single stream to transmit to situation commanders. This enables the fast delivery of video and data among teams, allowing them to assess and respond to a situation more effectively, without compromising the overall delivery speed or quality of the LTE network. 

Philippe Agard, vice president of public safety at Alcatel-Lucent, said: “The solution has seen great results in a live end-to-end trial with the Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, allowing teams to be sent views from in-car cameras. Easy-to-use screens enhance operations in the toughest environments and the ability to maximize available bandwidth to share multiple high-quality video images on a variety of mobile devices maximizes cost of ownership at a time when budgets are being stretched.” 

Teams can adjust the number of video and data views as well as the screen layout, so that information is delivered in a way that is appropriate to the situation as well as the size of the device.