When Hurricane Ivan struck the Eastern Caribbean country of Grenada late last year, Tait radios were used to provide temporary police communications.

Police in Grenada were left without communication when Hurricane Ivan brought 220kmh winds to the island in September 2004.

Two-thirds of Grenada residents were left homeless by the disaster and Police mobile communication was urgently required to co-ordinate emergency relief and enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew to prevent looting. Virtually all power lines were down and all communication links destroyed.

Mobile & Marine (M&M) Systems, the Tait dealer in neighbouring Barbados, was urgently asked to provide temporary Police communications. Within 24 hours M&M had programmed radios, flown a staff member to Grenada who liaised with the Police, and had a temporary system in place.

A 25W T800 portable repeater was installed at the Police headquarters on a hill above the capital city. A Tait mobile was installed as a base radio at the main Grenada airport, and Police were issued with Tait portables.

To find out more about the Tait solution for Hurricane Ivan, read this case study.