Success story: 190 Telegrafia´s Tsunami Sirens in the French Pacific

Tsunami Siren Manufacturer

The Telegrafia company is a world-wide technological manufacturer of cutting-edge electronic sirens, specialising in modern tsunami sirens as one of its core products. Located in Slovakia, in the European Union, during the last 25 years of its existence on the warning and notification market, Telegrafia has gained unrivalled tsunami project management experience, the results of which are numerous solutions implemented all around the world that have been enjoying great favour of international customers.

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Name of the project: Population Tsunami Alert System in the French Pacific

Country: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis-Futuna Islands

Goal of the project: Equipment of the French National Civil Security office with a global tsunami alert system in order to evacuate people along the high-risk locations

Number of tsunami sirens: 190 Pavian tsunami sirens

Commencement of the project: 2007

Challenges of the tsunami siren project

• Delivery and deployment of tsunami sirens to remote and isolated sites
• Installation of complete communications infrastructure
• Integration of numerous existing systems within the tsunami siren system
• Management of the equipment through satellite channel
• Remote management of the system through a dedicated and secured software platform
• Highly competitive market
• Delivery of manufactured sirens in a very short time
• Easy deployment – to be performed by the local personnel only
• Installation of the stations in harsh climatological conditions (cyclones and marine areas)
• Innovation of the technology the Pavian tsunami siren from the 2nd to 3rd generation of sirens

Our tsunami siren solution

• Deployment of the Pavian tsunami sirens by our dedicated partner, ASSYSTEM, in the FrenchPacific area
• Support to ASSYSTEM in satellite communication integration and software development
• Highly reliable Iridium based communications network

Achievements of the tsunami siren project installation

• First installation of the tsunami siren Pavian took place in 2007 and other tsunami siren installations have been in progress ever since
• About 190 Pavian sirens successfully deployed in the French Pacific, preventing danger and protecting people
• Alarm test performed every month by the French Civil Security Department
• Wide utilization of the tsunami siren system in isolated and hard climate conditions (sun, marine area, mining dust, cyclones) with the high-level final impact
• Full satisfaction of the end user with the supplied system and its functionality
• Raising public awareness about tsunami issues in order to improve the evacuation of civilians in the area
• Successful overseas communications with Telegrafia’s head office in Slovakia