Many electric cooperatives use NISC to see where outages are happening. Now, co-ops using Skymira for reliable push-to-talk communications and GPS tracking can also see where their trucks and crews are on their NISC, Milsoft, or other outage map.
Seeing both outage and crew information in one place gives dispatch a powerful advantage. They can quickly assess a situation to figure out where the problem is and who can get there fastest.
Skymira’s integration with NISC means GPS location data from Skymira’s radio gateways can be displayed directly on the NISC outage map. This gives dispatch better, faster information without adding another system to monitor.
See Where Everyone Is on Your NISC Outage Map
You know where the outage is. But where are your crews?
With real-time Skymira GPS data on the NISC map, dispatch can see each crew’s location and decide who to send.
That visibility is useful during major outages when crews are moving across the territory, but it can be just as valuable during everyday operations. When a new service call comes in, the office can quickly see who is nearby instead of calling around, relying on last-known locations, or sending a distant truck.
Find and Get Through to the Closest Crew with Skymira
Because the GPS capability integrated into the NISC map is part of the same Skymira system keeping a co-op’s push-to-talk communications connected, dispatch can do more than see where a crew is – they can get through to them wherever they’re working.
With Starlink-powered radio communications, crews always have comms and can be mobilized rapidly. When dispatch sees that the best crew for a damage assessment or repair is already nearby, they can get them on the line immediately and send them directly to the site without waiting for them to return to conventional radio or cellular coverage.
Shorter Outages Mean Happier Members and Lower Costs
With crew locations visible on the NISC outage map, crews spend less time driving, dispatch spends less time figuring out where crews are and trying to reach them, and members get their power restored sooner.
Multiply these time savings across the service territory and the impact starts to add up. Shorter outages help improve member satisfaction, while better crew utilization helps reduce operating costs.
SkyPTT – Built to Use the Tools Co-ops Already Rely On
Skymira builds systems that give co-ops the flexibility to use the devices, networks, and systems that work best for them. That’s why the entire SkyPTT system is engineered to work with all radio manufacturers and standards while connecting over any network including Starlink, cellular, and other satellite networks.
The same approach extends to outage mapping. Skymira’s GPS is compatible with MultiSpeak which enables integration with any outage map provider. Whether co-ops use NISC, Milsoft, or another outage management system, Skymira can display real-time truck and crew locations directly on whichever platform works best for them.
Instead of adding another place to look for information, co-ops can make crew location part of the familiar tools they’re currently using to manage outages and field operations.
In the Field with Missoula Electric Cooperative
Missoula Electric Cooperative (MEC) is already using the new Skymira-NISC integration.
MEC first turned to Skymira to improve radio communications across its rugged Montana territory, where an aging VHF network had become increasingly unreliable. By connecting its existing radios over Starlink, MEC gained dependable push-to-talk communications in areas where crews had previously been without radio coverage.
They also use Skymira’s technology to get real-time GPS visibility of trucks and crews. Now, with those locations displayed directly on the NISC outage map, dispatch can easily use that information as part of outage response.
For Missoula Electric Cooperative, what began as a solution to a radio coverage problem has become a broader operational tool for communications, visibility, and faster outage response.
Stop by to learn more about putting real-time crew locations on your NISC outage map and see how SkyPTT combines GPS visibility with reliable push-to-talk communications over Starlink.