Locator Beacon Technology News

APACHE ENERGY TO UTILISE MOBILARM VHF DSC LOCATOR BEACONS TO SAFEGUARD OFFSHORE PLATFORM WORKERS

Perth, Western Australia: Mobilarm's VHF DSC locator beacon technology has been chosen by Apache Energy to provide man overboard alerting and location for workers carrying out scheduled maintenance aboard the Reindeer Wellhead Platform, Northwest Australia. The 35 VHF DSC locator beacons ordered by Apache will be carried by maintenance crew, providing improved probability of rescue and survival should an emergency evacuation or man overboard (MOB) occur. "Although already being used to safeguard workers in a number of sectors including…