The ministry of Security and Justice, proposing an inquiry into the KPN-a fault that last night the communication between the emergency services disrupted and for some people, the 112-emergency call centre is unreachable.
A spokesman of the ministry of Security and Justice says the opposite Tweakers.net that inquiry to the facts surrounding the failure above the table. As a result of the failure in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday had the C2000 and P2000-system of the emergency services in the safety regions Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Zuid-Holland-Zuid, and a part of Hollands Midden.
Also in some cases emergency number 112 is not reachable, and decided to transport company RET in Rotterdam, the subway cars are not to drive because there are no communication was possible. Many fire alarm systems were working as a result of the failure.
Cause of the malfunction is possible during maintenance work carried out upgrade of the network. The investigation that Justice will let you perform will be done by vtsPN. This organization has been in existence since mid-2006, and supports police, fire and ambulance services, including in the ict field.
Apart from the research, wants the Labour party, also minister Opstelten of Security and Justice through parliamentary questions to the tooth to feel about the interference. The political party wants clarification from minister Opstelten about the cause and consequences of the KPN-interference. “It should not happen that 112 is not reachable, also not very even”, says Member of the Dutch parliament Martijn van Dam of the Labour party opposite Tweakers.net. “The slogan of the emergency itself ‘if every second counts’. It can’t be that someone at the neighbors to call because he has no contact.”
The Labour party wants the minister to know what the failure has caused, and how the accessibility of 112 in the future can be guaranteed. Also wants the party to know how it is possible that the C2000 and P2000-system, by the emergency services is used for communication, faltered.