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Let’s discuss walkie-talkies (two-way radios) for the upcoming festive period and how they help support and ensure your event succeeds.
DCRS wants to help you ensure you have the proper communications for your Winter Events. Two-way radios are the perfect solution for onsite contact, instant communication, reducing the risk of accidents and keeping large footfalls under control to prevent emergencies. They can help to cover streets and car parks, Christmas markets, lights switch-on ceremonies and New Year celebrations, keeping the events safe and fun for everyone involved.
We have a wide range of nationwide and on-site radios and accessories tailored to meet your requirements. Whilst the equipment is on-site, should you require any assistance, you can contact us 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For over 10 years, we supported the Lincoln Christmas Markets with a complete Mototrbo Digital Two-way Radio System, including equipment such as repeaters, two-way radio hand portables, mobiles, a radio allocation system and multiple accessories to suit, all with 24/7 on-site support.
The Lincoln Christmas Market was known as one of the biggest Christmas Markets in the UK. It would see over 335,000 visitors, 600 coaches, and over 10,000 cars yearly. Please click here if you’d like to read the complete case study.
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Claire McDowall, Principal Events and Culture Officer for the City of Lincoln Council at the time, commented:
“Radio Communication is vital to the safe delivery of Lincoln Christmas Market. Our event stewards and staff must communicate over the entire event footprint, including our park and ride site. We have worked with DCRS for many years to ensure that Radio Communications keep up to speed with the fast pass of the 4-day event. In 2015, the event was named ‘Event of the Year’ and ‘Event Organisers of the Year’ by The National Outdoor Event Association (NOEA). We must work closely with our contractors; communication is vital to the event’s success.”
Lincoln is one of many City Councils that utilise DCRS for their Christmas and New Year events.
Undeniably, large-scale and even smaller Christmas events often create a lot of background noise, as they attract large audiences and often have music playing in the background. It can be challenging for teams to communicate effectively in such loud environments, resulting in missed messages, crossed wires and delayed response times. Luckily, most two-way radios offer a solution to this problem, as many of them have advanced background noise-suppressing technology, allowing people to exchange information in noisy environments without the risk of being misunderstood.
Swift exchange of information is one of the most crucial parts of successfully managing teams and organising events. Using such systems as smartphones may seem like an attractive solution; however, having conversations in too many different apps and groups usually makes it impossible to keep track of any important messages, especially while trying to keep the event’s organisation seamless and assisting any participants. Having poorly chosen communication systems can often cause a strong disconnect between staff and hinder the exchange of important information, slowing down the delivery of urgent assistance requests and making it harder to keep the flow of event management smooth. However, with the right professional two-way radio equipment, all those mentioned challenges are easy to turn around, helping your personnel stay connected and keeping everyone in the event’s perimeter safe and happy.
Two-way radios are a more efficient way of communicating because of their intuitive design. Most walkie-talkies are straightforward and don’t require extensive training to be used effectively, hence why it’s an excellent feature for Christmas event organisers, who often hire seasonal staff and don’t have enough time to train each team member to use the radios. Our easy-to-use radios allow people to communicate without issues, even if it’s their first time using them. Also, radios can be programmed with specific channels and allow both individual and group communication, making it so teams can reach each other at a simple push of a button.
Undoubtedly, Christmas events often attract large audiences, making it difficult to ensure security without reliable communication. Two-way radios can help address security concerns by providing instant communication between staff and security teams, and this gives them the ability to exchange information quickly and resolve any issues with aggressive or suspicious behaviour.
Many event venues and sites may experience limited cellular coverage, making mobile phones unreliable if you wish to establish strong team communication. As previously mentioned above (1. Instant communication), two-way radios can help event organisers solve this problem as they provide more reliable coverage, even in areas with limited cellular coverage.
It’s so important to have long-lasting communication devices, and this is why mobile phones are unreliable in this aspect, as they have shorter battery life than two-way radios. Two-way radio batteries are long-lasting and can be quickly replaced with spare batteries if needed, helping ensure that communication remains reliable and effective throughout your Christmas event. Some walkie-talkies have a battery life of up to 28 hours.
We provide many excellent two-way radio hand portables for sale and hire. Such radios include the Motorola DP4000 series, Motorola WAVE PTX and the VB400 Body Camera.
Mainly focusing on the DP4400 and the DP4600, the DP4000 Series is designed to provide a professional feel throughout your event. With high-performance integrated voice and data and advanced features for efficient operation, these next-generation walkie-talkies deliver complete connectivity and crystal-clear communications to your organisation. Bluetooth audio lets you communicate without wires; there is support for trunking options and legacy analogue radio capabilities to give you the flexibility and adaptability required to keep in touch effectively across your event site(s).
Simple and easy to use, push to talk over cellular broadband communication.
WAVE PTX is a subscription-based group communication service that has the power to connect your team instantly, regardless of the different devices used, the network connection and the location. This service lets you communicate worldwide, so you know you’ll have no issues communicating site-wide.
Contact us for a free, no-obligation quotation or demonstration.
We have a full range of audio, energy and carrying accessories to complement your hand-portable walkie-talkies, A.K.A two-way radios and body-worn cameras, allowing your whole team to work efficiently. Our range varies from budget and medium priced to high specification, specialised options.
Body camera solutions help protect staff members and capture evidence, making it easier to respond to aggressive and confrontational encounters calmly. This way, personnel always have undeniable and unbiased footage of what occurred in such situations. Additionally, video from body cameras can be accessed from the control room in real-time, making quicker response times to emergencies and urgent assistance requests.
As Winter events attract large gatherings, you may require extra security. We now have available the Motorola VB400 Body Camera for purchase. This device is the next generation of body cameras. For ease, it syncs seamlessly with your two-way radio via Bluetooth* and comes with a live streaming function and peer-assisted recording, meaning your security team’s body cameras will automatically start recording an incident when in the presence of one another. Ultimately, this gives you a 360-degree view of what is happening. The VB400 Body Camera will serve you well through Christmas and beyond.
The VB400 Body-worn camera undoubtedly brings a unique first-person perspective to video content for varied users, especially where they are responsible for public safety. See what your team sees and watch critical decisions unfold in real time or after the fact.
In the field, features including dual microphones, a wide-angle lens and intuitive buttons ensure that every interaction can be captured in high-definition from start to finish. All footage is stored and encrypted on the VB400 until it is redocked; at this point, it is offloaded securely and automatically.
*T&Cs apply; speak to a member of our team to find out what devices the VB400 can sync with.
VideoManager is a fully customisable, web-based device, user and video management solution that allows you to prepare, process and share high-quality video content from your suite of body-worn cameras. Its intuitive interface supports your organisation’s data protection policy with streamlined workflows and permission-based access.
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