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Alcatel-Lucent Leads Way to Achieving US Nationwide Public Safety LTE Broadband Network
October 25, 2010Orlando — At the 117th annual International Association of Chief of Police Conference (IACP) being held in Orlando Florida (23-27…
Read full articlePictometry Announces Strategic Appointment to Executive Team
October 25, 2010Rochester, N.Y. — Pictometry International Corporation announces the appointment of James F. Smyth as Chief Marketing Officer. In this new role,…
Read full articleFire Chief Calls Radio System a ‘Flintstone-Age Arrangement’
October 24, 2010Lancaster, Pa. — When a gas leak forced Millersville University to evacuate five buildings early last month, borough police officers and firefighters responded quickly. But because they use different frequencies, emergency workers could not talk to each other. That’s why Millersville Fire Chief Keith Eshleman held a fire radio next to one ear and a police radio next to the other during the incident.
Read full articleCritics: 9-1-1 Towing Referrals Being Guided by Favoritism
October 24, 2010Marion, Va. — If there’s a fender bender, rollover, or car fire in town, the wrecker company most likely to arrive behind police and other rescuers is Marion Frame and Towing. Emergency dispatchers have called on the company and its associates to cover accidents in the town 308 times since 2007, which is slightly more than the combined total of calls fielded by the 17 other current and former wrecker services during that time period.
Read full articleRockwell Collins Delivers iForce Integrated Public Safety Vehicle Solution to California Highway Patrol
October 24, 2010Cedar Rapids, Iowa — Rockwell Collins is delivering its iForce integrated public safety vehicle solution to the California Highway Patrol as…
Read full articleRadio Bids Requested in Adams County, Pa.
October 24, 2010Hanover, Pa. — Adams County will soon be upgrading its 30-plus-year-old analog radio system with a new, digital one to update the county’s emergency services system. County commissioners on Wednesday approved putting out requests for proposals for the new system.
Read full articleTiburon Inc. Launches DispatchNow Public Safety Solution
October 24, 2010Pleasanton, Calif. — Leading provider of integrated public safety solutions Tiburon, Inc. today announced the inaugural implementation of its DispatchNow…
Read full articleAllegheny County, Pa., Sheriff’s Office to Get Pager Alerts
October 22, 2010A communication error between an Allegheny County 9-1-1 dispatcher and the Sheriff’s Office on Thursday prompted county officials to promise to implement a new pager-based system to ensure emergency messages are delivered.
Read full articleAHA Releases New CPR Guidelines
October 21, 2010Compressions. Airway. Breathing. If you can remember the acronym CAB, you know the priority placed on each element of CPR in the just-released 2010 Guidelines for CPR from the American Heart Association. For adults, the new Guidelines recommend a chest compression rate of at least 100 compressions per minute and a depth of two inches.
Read full articleFormer 9-1-1 Coordinator for Morrow County, Ohio, Indicted
October 21, 2010Mount Gilead, Ohio — The former 9-1-1 coordinator for Morrow County faces a four-count indictment filed Tuesday in Morrow County Common Pleas Court. Rick L. Weaver, of Mount Gilead, has been indicted on one count of theft in office, a third-degree felony; having an unlawful interest in a public contract, a fourth-degree felony; complicity to grand theft, a fourth-degree felony; and theft, a fifth-degree felony.
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