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Grays Harbor Public Utility District Taps Exalt for Network Backhaul
July 19, 2011CAMPBELL, Calif., July 19, 2011 – Exalt Communications today announced that Grays Harbor Public Utility District (GHPUD), a public utility based in Aberdeen, Washington has deployed Exalt microwave backhaul systems to carry critical SCADA and automated meter reading (AMR) traffic from its substations to its main data center. GHPUD provides electrical service to customers in northwestern Washington, and its network also carries two-way radio and 911 voice traffic for Grays Harbor county agencies and Ethernet traffic for Internet service providers.
Read full articleAPCO International Releases 5th Edition of Communications Training Officer Course
July 19, 2011Daytona Beach, FL—July 15, 2011— The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International will debut the fifth edition APCO Communications Training Officer (CTO) course at APCO International’s 77th Annual Conference & Expo, August 7th-10th in Philadelphia, Pa.
Read full articleDistrict of Columbia Selects PURVIS Systems for Fire Station Alerting System
July 19, 2011Middletown, RI, July 19, 2011 – PURVIS Systems Incorporated, an IT systems and services provider for public safety, emergency management and defense industries, announced today that it has been awarded a $2.63 million contract with the District of Columbia to implement the PURVIS Fire Station Alerting System™ (PURVIS FSAS™). The system is being installed in 37 locations throughout the District, including the Public Safety Command Center (PSCC), the Unified Communication Center (UCC), all 33 Fire Stations, the Fire Boat and the District’s Radio Shop.
Read full articlePulsePoint Foundation Begins Work to Extend Reach Of Lifesaving Fire Department Mobile Phone App
July 19, 2011SAN RAMON, CA – The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District is proud to announce the formation of the PulsePoint Foundation. The new nonprofit organization has been established to guide, enhance and expand the reach of the Fire Department CPR notification app released earlier this year. The Fire Department app empowers everyday citizens to provide life‐saving assistance to victims of Sudden Cardiac Arrest. “The app crowd‐sources Good Samaritans to events where the potential need for bystander CPR is high,” said Fire Chief Richard Price. “The vital work of the PulsePoint Foundation has already begun,” added Price. “PulsePoint is set to begin partnering with nearly two hundred fire and EMS agencies that have expressed interest in deploying the application in their communities.”
Read full articleELERTS Delivers Emergency Communications Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android
July 19, 2011BRAINTREE, Mass., July 20, 2011 — ELERTS, creators of an industry-first mobile platform for emergency notification, today announced the availability of its two-way mobile communication app that delivers critical information gathered from official sources and eyewitness reports. Available immediately in the iPhone/iPad App Store and via the Android Market, the ELERTS app provides the industry’s only crowdsourced smartphone platform for emergency alerting and management.
Read full articlePublic Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 51 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Planning Meetings
July 19, 2011The Region 51 (Texas-Houston) 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, July 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Captain Clint People’s Training Academy, 112 Academy Drive, Conroe, Texas.
Read full articleInteroperability: From 9/11 to Apps
July 19, 2011Chicago — One of the first lessons learned from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was that emergency service personnel must have integrated technology. Hundreds of police officers and firefighters died when the twin towers collapsed not because they had not been told to evacuate, but because they never heard the warning.
Read full articleMore Capacity: The Role of Picocells in LTE
July 18, 2011The proliferation of wireless devices capable of sending and receiving large amounts of data is straining commercial wireless networks. Smart phones, data cards and tablets with such applications as video sharing and conferencing, social networking and gaming consume more wireless network resources than phone calls and texts. Similarly, the increased use of novel public safety applications, such as video streaming, street cameras, automatic license plate recognition and the coming proliferation of sensors and M2M (machine-to-machine) devices, will increasingly strain public safety’s wireless networks.
Read full articleFriends, Co-workers Raise Money for Ailing Anderson Emergency Dispatcher
July 18, 2011Anderson County, S.C. — After suffering crushing headaches for two years and a pair of minor strokes, Leslie Albergotti recently underwent a CT scan that revealed a large brain tumor. Albergotti’s co-workers held a benefit for her Saturday at the county’s Centerville Fire Station on Sullivan Road. The event included a yard sale, car wash, barbecue plate sales and four auctions for flights on a LifeFlight helicopter.
Read full articleSouth San Francisco Agrees to Take 9-1-1 Calls for Pacifica
July 18, 2011The South San Francisco City Council approved an agreement Wednesday night to provide police dispatching to Pacifica, which can’t continue the service because of budget cuts.
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