And this is how it works

Mountain rescue upgrades to digital alarm system

The changeover to the new system took a year to prepare. Bernhard Pichler-Koban shows how it works.(Bild: Jennifer Kapellari)

The first snow of the season has fallen and sports enthusiasts are drawn to the Carinthian mountains. But there are also dangers lurking there. The Carinthian mountain rescuers are well equipped: they are using new software to improve the coordination of operations and are saying goodbye to blue light text messages. 

In an emergency, every second counts - until now, emergency services received alerts by text message. These "blue light text messages" will soon be a thing of the past - at least for mountain rescuers. In future, the helpers will be called out to operations using the new "moPS" (Mobile Services for Public Safety) software: "Previously, we used different communication platforms for internal coordination after the alarm was raised, but the new system combines several functions that make work easier and, above all, faster," explains Bernhard Pichler-Koban, Head of the Carinthia Mountain Rescue Service.