RTA inaugurates field command vehicle

DUBAI/ABU DHABI: Dubai Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has inaugurated the field command vehicle in support of its Crises Management Team. The step is part of RTA’S strategy to beter equip the crises and emergencies operations on site and further enhance RTA’S vision of Safe and Smooth Transport for All.

“The aim of the vehicle, deployed during main events and activities held recently, is to overcome the biggest challenge facing RTA’S Crises Management Team and Emergency Management Team in establishing field command at the site of emergencies or incidents. As such, it establishes a link with RTA’S Enterprise Command and Control Center (EC3), especially in areas with no CCTV coverage. It also enables communicating instant information from and to EC3, and as such information will be processed at site and the latest developments of the incident will be instantly communicated,” said Nasser Abu Shehab, CEO of RTA’S Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector.

INVENTION

Mohammed Ibrahim reports: Sham Cham Qatan, Lana Emad, Jawad Bashar, students at Al Ahlia Charity School in Qadisiya invented a method to generate electricity using sand heat, under the supervision of physics teacher Lina Adnan, innovation officer at the school. The students told Al Khaleej the project is titled “Living Sands” and is based on puting a network of copper pipes filled with water at a depth of 10cm under the sand. When the water turns into steam due to the heat of the sand, steam can be used by a steam turbine to generate electricity.

ENGINEERS

The Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities launched a new system for the registration of engineers in the city of Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The move aims to improve the quality of work and services in the engineering and construction sector in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.