SES Storm Season: MSW emergency services armed with new technology - The Sydney Morning Herald

As you've probably already guessed over these several unusually wet weeks, NSW State Emergency Service is expecting this storm season to be a particularly bad one and is arming itself with smartphones and tablets, and will get the help of a supercomputer.

SES volunteers will for the first time be able to access the main system using smartphones and tablets while they're out on the ground and respond to emergency calls as they come.

"I was out at Penrith a few weeks ago when the storm was happening and found the crew on the ground going 'how good is this'. They had their tablet there and could see that they had a job here, two jobs around the corner, and exactly what they had to do," NSW SES Acting Commissioner Jim Smith said.

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