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Fire Response Not Povided Because Family Did Not Pay Annual Fee
October 15, 2010The debate over who’s responsible for the destruction at the Cranick place is no simple one. When Cranick called 9-1-1, the dispatcher told him that she’d send help right away. Ten minutes later, she said firefighters were not coming after all — because the family had not paid the city its annual $75 fire protection fee.
Read full articleInteragency Communications Top Objective of Local Responders
October 15, 2010By Tom Berry, Murray Ledger & Times Staff Writer Murray, Ky. — Calloway County emergency response officials are continuing efforts…
Read full articlePublic Safety Communications Announces 2010 Hot Products
October 15, 2010San Diego, Calif. — Public Safety Communications (PSC), a monthly publication published by Elsevier Public Safety on behalf of the…
Read full articlePersonal 9-1-1 App from Chill List
October 15, 2010Austin, Texas — Chill List, a new iPhone application, uses social networking to boost the power of 911 emergency communications. …
Read full articleL.R. Kimball Supports Reallocating the D Block to Public Safety
October 14, 2010Ebensburg, Pa. — L.R. Kimball, (www.lrkimball.com) a Pennsylvania-based architecture, engineering and communications technology firm, today announced its support for reallocation of…
Read full articleLightSquared Launches Emergency Rapid Response Team
October 13, 2010Reston, Va. — LightSquared, the nation’s first wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network, today announced the formation of an…
Read full articleCCCDA Won’t Collect 9-1-1 Fees Yet
October 13, 2010Marshall, Mich. — The authority in charge of collecting 9-1-1 dispatch service fees from a reluctant Emmett Township agreed Tuesday to not immediately collect money owed by the township.
Read full articleNinnekah & Grady County Feud over 9-1-1
October 13, 2010Chickasha, Okla. — Grady County cannot legally keep the City of Ninnekah from moving its 9-1-1 lines and dispatch services from the county to the City of Chickasha.
Read full articleWhite Paper Questions Reliability of ‘Texting 9-1-1’
October 12, 20104G Americas has published a white paper that provides a technical and practical analysis of SMS as a means to contact 9-1-1 Emergency Services.
Read full articleIntrado to Offer Life-Saving Mobile Alerting System to Wireless Service Providers
October 12, 2010Longmont, Colo. — When a disaster or national emergency occurs, customers of wireless service providers in communities throughout the U.S….
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