Nødnett is one of the pillars of Norwegian emergency preparedness - a national, digital connection that provides secure communication for the police, fire and rescue services, the health and care sector, as well as other actors responsible for emergency preparedness. Nødnett is a secure and robust network with good coverage and uptime. These are important prerequisites for being able to function as a communication system for interaction and management, both in everyday life and during crises.
Fast connection of voice in predefined voice groups is one of the core functionalities of Nødnett. Users can communicate across organizational and geographical boundaries, as well as internally within their own organization.
A common understanding of the situation is crucial in the handling of an incident. Nødnett makes it possible for society's helpers to communicate with each other exactly where the person in need is and needs help. In this way, Nødnett has a central cooperative effect.
The development of Nødnett is among the largest investments in societal security in Norway ever and represents a significant increase in preparedness.
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DSB safeguards the state's ownership of the infrastructure in Nødnett, and is the service provider for the users of Nødnett.
Users of Nødnett
The three emergency services use Nødnett in their daily work. The fire and rescue service, the health service and the police are considered to be Nødnett's core users. Other users are municipalities, county governors, voluntary organisations, the electricity supply, the Armed Forces, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, the Norwegian Customs, industrial protection, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centres, etc.
Broad utilisation of Nødnett has been a main goal in the development and implementation of Nødnett. Nødnett makes it possible for society's helpers to communicate with each other exactly where the person in need is and needs help. With the help of Nødnett, they can find each other and establish a common understanding of the situation. In this way, Nødnett has a central cooperative effect.
In total, there are around 150,000 users of Nødnett, divided into over 1000 user organisations. There are around 70,000 subscriptions in Nødnett.