Mobile Command Vehicle proves successful in crises and emergency management: RTA

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the Mobile Command Vehicle had undertaken several specialist jobs since launched in March 2019. These successes were highlighted by carrying out six mock drills that demonstrated its effective role in crises and emergency management.

“The Mobile Command Vehicle was deployed to assist with challenges encountered by Crises Management Team. It provides field coverage of incidents through CCTVs along with real-time updates of crises, which enables taking appropriate decisions in coordination with the Enterprise Command and Control Centre (EC³),” said Nada Jasim, Director of Safety, Risk, Regulation and Planning, Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector, RTA.

“The Mobile Command Vehicle was extremely successful and effective in providing a strong response to emergencies and crises triggered by rainstorms last January. It monitored the latest developments of impacted areas and provided instant information to RTA’s EC³ to take further measures to control the situation as appropriate,” she noted.

“The vehicle was also highly successful during the 2019 New Year’s event as it served as a command and control centre for coordinating the efforts of the concerned operation teams. Specifically, it provided live streaming of events from and to its base at Burj Khalifa area to the EC³ to support the decisions of the senior management and crises and emergency team to ensure safe and smooth conduct of the event. The vehicle was also used in conducting six mock drills across Dubai involving different scenarios relating to RTA’s operations and services. Moreover, it provided support to other government entities,” added the Director of Safety, Risk, Regulation and Planning.

The vehicle has a command room with a fantastic design for monitoring, planning and managing the continuity of RTA’s business and services. It has satellite link with the EC³ and is fitted with multi-channels for internal and external communications such that the EC³ remains connected and updated with instant audio-visual information from and to the site. Besides that, the vehicle provides support to emergency and crises management.