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Colo. Girl Escapes Apparent Kidnapper, Calls 9-1-1
January 23, 2012DENVER (AP) – A missing 9-year-old girl escaped from an apparent kidnapper and called 9-1-1 herself from a convenience store in Colorado Springs on Friday.
Read full articleRevved Up to Treat Strokes
January 23, 2012Key message: If you recognize a stroke, call 9-1-1. As part of the emergency stroke system, 911 dispatchers and paramedics are trained to identify possible stroke cases, looking for obvious signs like drooping on one side of the face, weakness on one side of the body and slurred speech.
Read full articleTennessee: 9-1-1 Fee Lawsuit Adds Allegations
January 23, 2012Lawyers for Hamilton County 911 have added new allegations and another county to a federal lawsuit against AT&T/BellSouth that seeks a decade’s worth of unpaid fees. The fees could total between $4.5 million and $9 million for Hamilton County 911.
Read full articleNext Generation 9-1-1 Institute Elects New Board of Directors
January 23, 2012Washington, DC — The Next Generation 9-1-1 Institute (NG9-1-1 Institute) has announced the results of its 2012 election for six…
Read full articleBaltimore County Police Dispatcher, Stacy Starkloff, Deals with ‘Slice of Real Life’
January 19, 2012“You have to have a backbone with the police officers,” Stacy Starkloff says. Additionally, she has to remain calm in stressful situations and, regardless of whether or not she is nervous, she cannot give up and has to pull through. Starkloff is also a fast talker. “It works to my advantage,” she says.
Read full articleNxGEN White Paper Examines Data Center Evolution to Modular Model
January 19, 2012SAN JOSE, Calif. – An industry white paper, released this week by NxGen Modular, explores the evolution of containerized data centers into more customizable, scalable and maintainable modular data centers.
Read full articleHarris Corporation Awarded $7.3 Million Contract to Modernize Public Safety Communications in City and County of Montgomery, Alabama
January 19, 2012• Harris P25IP voice and data solution to enable interoperable mission-critical communications to more than 2,400 city and county users, including more than 1,500 first responders.
• Solution designed to meet current and future communication demands for the city and county, home to more than 220,000 residents.
• Harris to provide graceful migration to a standards-based, state-of-the-art digital system, plus future-capable mobile and portable radios.
SPAWAR Atlantic Selects GeoComm for Marine Corps Installation Addressing GIS Project
January 19, 2012St. Cloud, MN: In the next 12 months, 11 United States Marine Corps (USMC) bases will be involved in a process designed to greatly improve their on-base emergency response systems.
Read full articleCooper Notification Introduces RSAN Health Alert Network to Meet the CDC’s Public Health Information Network 2.0 Requirements
January 19, 2012RSAN HAN provides instantaneous, secure and authenticated messaging to public health officials, first responders and medical professionals across multiple jurisdictions and organizations
Read full articleBearCom Issues Reminder to Users of Two-Way Radios: FCC Narrowbanding Deadline Is Now Less Than a Year Away
January 19, 2012January 16, 2012, Dallas, TX—BearCom, a nationwide provider of wireless communications equipment and solutions, today issued a reminder to users of two-way radios that they now have less than one year to ensure their equipment is in compliance with the narrowbanding mandate from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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