Conference Programme 2026

Connectivity failures remain a critical challenge for emergency services. Basements, tunnels, high-rises, rural terrain and large-scale incidents routinely create coverage gaps where radios fail, data stops flowing and commanders lose situational awareness. ESN will deliver major improvements, but no national network can guarantee coverage everywhere.

This session demonstrates how lightweight digital on-scene networks can close those gaps from the first minute of an incident. Drawing on proven deployments in defence and now adapted for Fire and Rescue, we’ll show how portable systems create instant secure networks, provide seamless failover across ESN, LTE, Wi-Fi, satcom, Bluetooth and LoRaWAN, and automatically connect radios, sensors and applications without user intervention.

The result: Faster, safer, and more coordinated response. Crews stay connected, commanders retain a live operational picture, and agencies gain a practical, future-proof approach to resilience when national networks reach their limits.