The world’s first Emergency Readiness and Response Experience Center has been opened in Washington, D.C., USA by high-tech development company McMurdo.
The centre will show the latest innovations and technology developments for search and rescue (SAR), offer real time demonstrations in different scenarios or the possibility to sit at the control of missions. The whole SAR process will be covered in the centre, from distress beacon activation to emergency response coordination through satellite-based location detection.
Furthermore, this new facility will feature a working MEOSAR (Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue) satellite-based search and rescue system, the next generation version of the current Cospas-Sarsat satellite system that will largely influence the existing SAR process with global coverage, near-instantaneous distress beacon detection and a unique Return Link Service feature that acknowledges distress signal receipt.
“This cutting-edge Experience Center allows us to demonstrate the incredible advancements being made in search and rescue all in a single location,” said Jean-Yves Courtois, CEO of McMurdo, according to Satnews.
