Jacquie Petrusma,Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management
Tasmania Police’s new $2 million Radio Dispatch Centre has been officially opened as part of the Tasmanian Liberal Government’s plan to keep Tasmanians safe.
The RDS processes on average over 1500 emergency and inquiry calls a day, and had occupied the same workspace for more than 30 years since the original opening in July 1990.
We want to be able to provide our hard-working and high-quality RDS staff with best-practice technology and equipment and the new upgrade allows us to do that.
Funding was supplied via our $567 million TasGRN project, with the floor that RDS occupies redeveloped to create a new space for RDS operations together with development of a business continuity and training site specifically for Ambulance and Fire.
Mark Shelton,Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management
Tasmania Police’s radio dispatch centre has received a $2 million upgrade as part of the Tasmanian Liberal Government’s investment to improve facilities for staff working on our emergency service dispatch centres.
As part of the TasGRN Project, this investment will better enable emergency services to respond to emerging situations and provides our hard-working and high-quality RDS staff with best-practice technology and equipment as part of our commitment to keep Tasmanians safe.
The RDS processes on average over 1500 emergency and inquiry calls each day, and had occupied the same workspace for more than 30 years since the original opening in July 1990.