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to arrange interviews) to enhance Indiana safety communications INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Hanson Professional Services Inc. has been selected by Motorola (NYSE:MOT) to work as a tower integrator in a statewide radio communications project for Indiana. Project Hoosier SAFE-T will enable emergency agencies to communicate with each other. The system is designed to enhance public safety responders’ ability to communicate with each other at fires, floods, criminal investigations and other emergencies. “Hanson will work with Motorola and the state of Indiana to identify where the towers will be located, selecting from more than 100 potential sites,” says Tom Pressley, Hanson’s project manager. “The Hanson staff will confirm the site’s suitability, secure properties, design tower improvements or towers and prepare construction drawings, obtain permits, coordinate utilities and provide construction services at each location.” Project Hoosier SAFE-T will promote cooperative efforts from local, state and federal agencies. Several emergencies recently highlighted the need for a coordinated communication system including a flood in 1997. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the National Guard in March 1997 conducted rescues on rain-swollen Indiana rivers. Incompatible radio communication systems forced the two agencies to communicate by shouting across the river. “These incompatible systems can leave public safety officers with little inter-agency communication during a time when they need it most,” says Dick Mitchell, Motorola’s project manager for the Indiana statewide communications system. He says the ineffectiveness of incompatible systems can often result in significant delays in responses to emergencies. Hanson’s role will be coordinated from the firm’s Indianapolis, Ind., office, at 3125 Dandy Trail, Suite 100, Indianapolis, Ind. 46214. About
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