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FCC Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau Launches New Webpage Dedicated to Narrowbanding Public Safety Communications
December 7, 2010With the Jan., 1, 2013 narrowbanding compliance deadline approaching, the FCC has launched a new Web site dedicated to providing information and assistance to licensees migrating their land mobile radio systems from 25 kHz to 12.5 kHz or narrower channel bandwidth.
Read full articlePowertrunk Obtains Type Approval for Tetra Subscriber & Mobile Units
December 7, 2010New York City, N.Y. — PowerTrunk Inc., a global leader in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) design, manufacture and implementation has been…
Read full articleAurora (Ill.) 9-1-1 Dispatch Goes Super High-Tech
December 6, 2010Aurora, Ill. — The difference between the old and new Aurora dispatch centers is like night and day for 9-1-1 operators, but residents who call for help won’t notice a thing. And that’s how police and fire officials want it.
Read full articleDispatcher Did All She Could in Triple Killing
December 3, 2010Even when following proper procedure, there is no guarantee that a cell phone caller can be found. Police officers can do only so much when an anonymous 9-1-1 call comes from a cell phone, as was the case with a woman who was found stabbed to death last week.
Read full articleItasca Might Consolidate 9-1-1 Dispatch
December 3, 2010Itasca, Ill. — About three dozen Itasca residents, volunteers, police officers and dispatchers spoke out Tuesday night against a proposal to consolidate the Itasca Police Department’s emergency dispatch center.
Read full articleSisters Trained in Emergency Radio Communications
December 3, 2010Ontario, Calif. — Julie Fernandez’s family is full of hams – amateur radio operators that is. Following the footsteps of her parents, Jack and Shirley Pattison, Fernandez and her sister Sharon Fradella have earned their ham radio licenses last May.
Read full articleSeattle PD Dispatchers Tweet about Stolen Cars
December 2, 2010This week, the Seattle Police Department has begun using Twitter to disseminate information about stolen vehicles. The new protocol directly affects 9-1-1 center personnel, who have the task of tweeting the information.
Read full articleBored Man Calls in Fake Murder to 9-1-1
December 2, 2010Clarksville, Tenn. — A Clarksville man called 9-1-1 three times Sunday night to report a murder and stabbing, setting off a four-hour, three-agency manhunt involving search dogs and a helicopter. The report was a hoax.
Read full articleGrants from OnStar May Assist EMS in Predicting Injury Severity
December 1, 2010OnStar is enhancing its core safety focus. In coordination with the GM Foundation, OnStar is providing a grant of $500,000 to the International Center for Automotive Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System for research related to the prediction of injury severity level after a crash.
Read full articleNational 9-1-1 Education Month
December 1, 2010Rather than reinvent the wheel, the National 9-1-1 Education Month Coalition (NENA, APCO, the E9-1-1 Institute, NAED, and others) would like to tap the creativity that already exists. Let us know what has already been done in your area with regard to 9-1-1 educational messaging, themes, slogans and/or logos. There are three questions that will take just a few minutes of your time to answer and help us to better promote 9-1-1 awareness. …
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