Turnium Technology Group Inc. and Morewave Communication Inc. (Morewave) announced PERCH Kits, a Portable Event Response Connectivity Hub Kit for emergency and event management professionals. Morewave's PERCH Kit is a hardened suitcase format package that enables emergency responders to set up an Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Division Operations Center, Search and Rescue command post, or Emergency Support Services reception center anywhere. PERCH enables voice calls, local wireless networking, and secure access to remote applications to ensure frontline responders have access to information and resources while keeping key offsite stakeholders up to date.

A key capability of PERCH is that it aggregates or bonds multiple internet and private network connections together to deliver better bandwidth, high availability, failover, and better application experience. Each PERCH kit comes with six VoIP (Voice over IP) desk phones, six headsets, softphones, 2 LTE data connections, local WiFi capability to support up to 4 separate staff or guest networks, local network storage and file sharing with optional cloud backup, plus fiber and ethernet interfaces to support fixed wireless, broadband, or low earth orbit satellite. PERCH is available from Morewave Communication through lease or purchase and may be an eligible expense under an Emergency Management BC (EMBC) task number.

Each PERCH Kit comes ready for deployment by non-technical response personnel on-site and includes Power over Ethernet hardware, an embedded web viewer to display common operating platform systems used by EOC organizations and is pre-populated with a file structure and documents that include commonly used emergency management forms, quick reference guides, and a folder structure for document sourcing and retention.