a river runs through it

Alexandra / Jukskei River Safety Campaign

The Campaign The Gauteng Department of Local Government

instructed AIM911 to launch a safety and crime reduction program in Alexandra.

Specific attention will be given to safety along the river to reduce drowning incidents.

It is a pilot project with a duration of three months.

Partners in campaign Alexandra SAPS.

Dept. of Local Government – Disaster Management.

Johannesburg EMS.

Johannesburg City Parks.

Gauteng Dept. of Education.

The River Rangers ( a volunteer group).

Corporate sponsors.

1. UPN boards A great number of UPN boards will be fitted

along the river and throughout the Township.

These boards depict a Unique Position Number.

The GPS coordinates and text description of these numbers are stored in the AIM servers.

What does the UPN board look like? This is a typical UPN board, showing the unique position

number.

How does the UPN system work? A person needing to inform the emergency services of

an incident sends the code by way of SMS messaging to the server.

The server requests type of incident by return SMS (with index menu of possible emergencies).

The caller selects an incident and sends this back to server.

The server dissipates the information to all linked call centres and returns a reference number to the caller.

2. S O S call boxes

A number of GPRS based (wireless) call boxes will be fitted in the Township, to enable those without cell phones, to contact the AIM call centre.

The SOS call box

Public education Literature depicting the aims of the

campaign will be distributed throughout the Township.

Printed media and Radio will be reporting on this on an ongoing basis.

Road shows will be used to get closer to the population, to educate all.

Contact us AIM911

309-15th RoadRandjesparkMidrand

Tel: (011) 237-5600

Wynand Engelbrecht (CEO) Cell: 076 674 8682 aimnineoneone@yahoo.com