The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is a volunteer-based emergency and rescue service that is dedicated to assisting the people of NSW. With approximately 9,000 active volunteers across the state, members are united in supporting their communities in times of need.
Day to day responsibilities of the SES include:
During major operations SES volunteers and Incident Management Teams need quick access to information and seamless communications 24/7. These goals are often difficult to achieve, especially in remote areas or when existing communications networks are out of service.
To assist in achieving these goals, the SES has developed the Mobile Incident Command Centre (MICC).
The MICC is a robust and innovative, mobile asset, that delivers critical technology to where it is needed, anywhere in the state. The MICC supports both critical communications and a connected workspace for Incident Management Teams.
After winning a competitive tender process, Powerbox Australia was selected by SES to design, supply, install and commission an innovative Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) to support MICC operations.
To meet the unique demands of this project, Powerbox partnered with Belgium based CE+T Power. The flexibility of CE+T’s power and monitoring equipment, together with the combined engineering skillset and capabilities of Powerbox and CE+T allowed us to provide a turnkey UPS solution that met and exceeded our customers expectations.
UPS Design and Engineering Services
Supply and Delivery of UPS and Monitor platform
Installation and Commissioning Services
Training and Ongoing Support
The chosen power supply solution is integral to enable remote control signalling operations, support the future introduction of new trains and ensure the ongoing reliability of the network. •
To meet SES’s complex requirements for the MICC UPS, CE+T Power and Powerbox developed a turnkey UPS consisting of:
The MICC UPS project provided several complex challenges for CE+T and Powerbox’s engineering team to overcome. Some of the challenges that were successfully overcome include:
Powerbox successfully installed and commissioned the MICC UPS in September 2021, where it underwent several months infield testing prior to operational deployment.
The MICC is now fully operational with the NSW SES and has since been deployed during recent flood events throughout NSW.
Get in touch with the Powerbox Australia team today to find out more.
About Powerbox
At Powerbox, we have a deep understanding of energy storage and power conversion technologies, stemming from more than 35 years’ experience within the industry.
We combine our understanding of proven products and designs with on-going research and evaluation of emerging technologies to ensure our customers invest in solutions optimised for their individual project requirements.
Our focus is on providing conservative engineering approaches to match our customers’ technical, time and budgetary objectives.
We thrive on designing and building high quality solutions for challenging projects and support the following markets:
About CE+T Power
Since 1934, CE+T Power's goal has been to offer the most cost effective, compact, energy efficient and reliable power backup solutions to ensure business continuity and energy savings anywhere in the world.
To achieve this, they offer a full range of power solutions including inverters (DC to AC), UPS (securing AC loads with batteries) and multidirectional converters (inverter, rectifier and UPS all-in-one).
They offer innovative solutions for specific applications, and also many customisations to best meet their customers needs.