NEMA partners NAMA to strengthen emergency systems

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has taken a step further to strengthen existing emergency alerts system

The agency announced its partnership with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to achieve success

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has begun to install a modern equipment at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to strengthen existing emergency alerts system.

This was disclosed in a press statement by Manzo Ezekiel, the press officer for NEMA in Abuja.

This was done under a partnership to further increase efficiency in response to emergency situations in the country

The statement read in parts: “The new equipment which is based on the latest technology in Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network (AFTN) would upgrade the COSPAS-SARSAT facility in Nigerian Mission Control Centre operated by NEMA in Abuja for precision in identifying location of distress alerts from carrier of 405MHz beacons and enable efficient emergency responses.

However, Muhammad Sani Sidi, the director general of NEMA at a meeting in Abuja with Mr. Emmanuel Anasi, the acting managing director of NAMA , expressed delight that the partnership between the two agencies have continued to yield positive impacts in improving on air safety and emergency management in the country.

In his remark, the acting Mr Anasi said the new equipment, which is in-built with automated message handling system, when activated would enable the operators in NEMA to interface directly with airports in Nigeria by tracking alerts from distressed airplane with precision on location for rescue.

He said under the partnership, NAMA and the contractors handling the installation would also provide basic training to the operators in NEMA.

The Nigerian Mission Control Centre located in the headquarters of NEMA is a computer based satellite technology that uses the COSPAS-SARSAT hi-tech facility.

It is design to assist in Search and Rescue, using space-tech and ground facilities to detect and locate signals of a distress beacons operating on 406 MHz in aircrafts or ship.

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