Riedel Supports Zurich Street Parade with DMR Technology
Using Riedel’s RiFace radio interface, Riedel interfaced the Artist matrix intercom with 350 Motorola Solutions mobile radios, located throughout the Street Parade course, providing 11 digital DMR channels and five analog channels.
Riedel Communications provided a comprehensive and reliable radio communications infrastructure for the 26th annual Zurich Street Parade, a 2.4-kilometer celebration of peace, love, and techno music that drew more than 900,000 revelers to the city’s streets on Aug. 12.
The company worked with Security & Safety AG Zurich to deploy a robust and reliable radio communications network, based on Digital Mobile Radio, and a closed-circuit television (CCTV) system that ensured a successful and safe event.
“Riedel has an impressive track record of providing fail-safe communications for some of the world’s biggest and most high-profile events, with complex logistics spanning broad geographical areas. We faced exactly those kinds of logistical challenges with the Street Parade,” said Marcel Hirschi, security engineer, Security & Safety AG Zurich. “We knew we could trust Riedel to help us execute a comprehensive communications strategy that would guarantee an outstanding and safe experience for close to a million people.”
Riedel Communications Switzerland AG deployed the “event cockpit” in the Street Parade command center that enabled event monitoring and facilitated communications between first responders and other groups. To further bolster safety and security, the event cockpit gave the Street Parade team access to situation and evacuation plans and also provided images from CCTV cameras placed throughout the parade route. The comms team was also able to access real-time weather information supplied by a Riedel weather station, and could view a dashboard for social media tweets and posts. Riedel and Security & Safety AG worked in close cooperation with the Zurich City Police, providing them access to both live and recorded CCTV feeds.
Using Riedel’s RiFace radio interface, Riedel interfaced the Artist matrix intercom with 350 Motorola Solutions mobile radios, located throughout the Street Parade course, providing 11 digital DMR channels and five analog channels.
