INDIANAPOLIS, US: For the second time in 2009, ERS Data Solutions Group, a division of Emergency Radio Service, Inc., has provided vital voice and data communications in support of a home builder during the filming of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".

A press release adds that working with Hallmark Homes, Inc. of Anderson, Indiana, ERS Data Solutions Group is once again giving back to the community through this event.

Motorola's MotoTRBO, Professional Digital Two-way Radio System, was deployed to provide additional voice support to the home builder. This greatly aided the logistical issues of operating in 2 areas that were separated by many miles – the rural build site and pre-staging at Grissom AFB. Additionally, the voice deployment was approached as a replacement to cellular voice as there was minimal cellular voice service in this rural area.

Motorola's MotoMESH Duo provided coverage area of wireless data, where none had previously existed. Bandwidth supplied from a local Wireless Internet Service Provider, the wireless data infrastructure allowed yet another alternate form of communications, creating access to valuable information during the build, and the news media's ability to publish live from the location.

All applications of these technologies led to a simple result, ensuring efficiency of the home builder's communication's means, and by doing so, maximizing their ability to meet the 106 hour deadline the show enforces on them. As a part of the production support, it was also necessary that these systems be rapidly deployable, and most of all be extremely reliable.

This episode took place in a rural area of north central Indiana, near the town of Bunker Hill. In March of 2009, ERS Data Solutions Group provided similar support to a production of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" that was located in a downtown neighborhood of Indianapolis. In that episode, which was the Season 6 finale, ERS Data Solutions Group and Motorola donated a larger MotoMESH Duo system to the community so that the local school children in that underserved area could have free Internet access.