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A High-Tech EOC on Wheels
February 24, 2010An interview with Frisco (Texas) Fire Department Chief Mack Borchardt and Assistant Chief Paul Siebert about the state-of-the-art communications technology used in its new command and communications vehicle.
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February 24, 2010Is charging a $300 fee for calling 9-1-1 a real solution to budget woes? The Tracy, Calif., City Council seems…
Read full articleTech Evaluation
February 24, 2010At APCO’s 2010 Winter Summit, Clifford Clarke offered some considerations public safety communications centers should consider when evaluating new technologies.
Read full articleBlount Co. (Tenn.) 9-1-1’s Text-A-Tip Program
February 11, 2010Blount Co. (Tenn.) 9-1-1 Comm Center deploys Text-A-Tip program in local schools. Story includes an interview with Assistant Director Donna Overstreet about implementation and deployment.
Read full articleMesa PD’s Mobile RMS
February 1, 2010The Mesa (Ariz.) Police Department implemented a new records management system with the goals of giving field officers access to current and reliable law enforcement records.
Read full articleLTE — ‘What Is It and Why Should I Care?’
February 1, 2010Read about the background and the implications of LTE technology for public safety communications, and what communications professionals should know.
Read full article9-1-1 Call of Duty
February 1, 2010Hamilton Co., Ohio, telecommunicators got to great lengths to help a soldier abroad after his friend called 9-1-1 concerned.
Read full articleHialeah, Fla., Gets New Center & CAD Upgrade
February 1, 2010In October 2009, all this changed when the nearly 50 police and fire dispatchers and calltakers the City of Hialeah, Fla., merged into the city’s new comm center. Today, cross-trained on a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system, telecommunicators serve Hialeah’s citizens from a high-tech facility.
Read full articleBeyond the Web
February 1, 2010Social media is morphing into new public safety applications, such as online traffic and incident control, sex offender locator and mapping, crime statistics and incident mapping.
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