The Lazio region's hydro-meteorological monitoring network tested

The Lazio region, through the company LazioCrea, has in the past equipped itself with a digital radio communication system for the 118 Health Emergency and Civil Protection services. All 231 existing stations have been upgraded to transmit data via this existing network, in addition to the mobile network.

The measuring stations are currently equipped with the modern CompactPlus data logger, DMR terminals and a cellular module, andhave been integrated into a new radio network to complement the existing regional microwave network. For details of the network composition, click here.

Following successful testing, the maintenance and support period starts for the entire hydro-meteorological monitoring system and the IT system needed to provide the operational reliability, robustness and continuity required by the Regional Functional Centre. In fact, the Lazio Region Civil Protection monitors ongoing meteorological and hydrological phenomena and assesses the risks they pose, in order to coordinate emergency interventions, disseminate warning messages, arrange for operational interventions, and archive and process the data for purposes relating to climatological analyses and dissemination of data to the public.


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