Designing emergency vehicle ICT integration solution
Jyri Rajamäki, Timo Villemson · International Conference on Communications · 2009
E.g. Finnish police cars have about 40 different user interfaces (radio, navigation, command and control systems, radar, alarm lights etc.) on the deck beyond cars' user interfaces. In cold weather conditions, all police vehicles are not creating enough electricity for intensive operations. Also, wiring and ergonomics are problematic. However, the annual delivery amount of emergency vehicles is so low that traditional business models being made up of selling of devices and systems do not inveigle suppliers into doing remarkable developing work. So, other business models, such as digital service concepts, are needed also for security services. In this paper, the concept vehicle is a Volkswagen transporter used by the Finnish police, but the possibility of extensibility to other emergency vehicles is also discussed. A new mobile platform for police cars is proposed and the digital service design parameters of the ICT integration solution are defined. Further research subjects are also presented.