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Two EMERGESAT containers of telecommunication tools by satellite were deployed in Port-au-Prince in order to help all rescue teams to communicate with their back office and other teams. It has indeed been a great success as EMERGESAT has allowed NGOs and rescuers to establish 19 178 phone communications, which corresponds to 1 352 hours of communication.

Sandrine Bacquet, member of “Pompiers Humanitaires Français”, (French Humanitarian Firemen) testified about EMERGESAT: "I was in Haiti and I want to thank the Red Helmet Foundation for their telecommunication system. It allowed me to use computer tools and communicate in order to coordinate help. Many Thanks!"

On request of the French rescue teams, the Red Helmet Foundation has decided to extend its mission in Haiti until the local communication networks would be fixed.

At 4.30 pm, it will be transported from the military base in Istres to Haiti on board of the second French airplane hurried up by the Quai d’Orsay. This plane will also transport rescue equipment from the Civil Security and the Fire-fighters.

Developed by the Red Helmet Foundation, in partnership with the National Centre of Spatial Studies (CNES) and Thales Alenia Space, the EMERGESAT container uses the satellite technologies to enable the rescue teams to communicate among themselves, to exchange the and organise the rescue.

A container is put at the disposition of the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2006.

View the video of the deployment of Emergesat in Chad in 2007 :