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Maryland ‘Health Enterprise Zones’ Aim To Ease 9-1-1 Call Load
January 29, 2013As state officials announced the first “Health Enterprise Zones,” Annapolis health officials were among those celebrating the selection of the Annapolis 21401 ZIP code to receive the new designation, which is meant to address health disparities.
Read full articleTwo-hour 9-1-1 Disruption in Massachusetts’s City
January 29, 2013Between three and eight emergency calls couldn’t get through to dispatch earlier this month during a locally unprecedented two-hour disruption of the city’s 9-1-1 system caused by a Verizon equipment failure.
Read full articleNY 9-1-1 Call Details Escape From Plane in Hudson
January 29, 2013Two people whose single-engine plane crashed into the icy Hudson River were rescued after following a 9-1-1 dispatcher’s orders to get out of the plane just before it sank.
Read full articlePinellas County, Fla., Improves Fire Station Alerting
January 24, 2013Being awakened in the middle of a deep sleep by an urgent fire station alerting tone is never fun. But research indicates it could have serious effects on firefighters’ health, too. Although alerting is a necessary component of fire station life, one county is exploring ways it can be customized so that crews are only woken or notified when they’re truly needed to respond.
Read full articleAPCO Publishes ANSI Approved Standard for Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training Coordinator
January 24, 2013Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released the Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for…
Read full articleAPCO Publishes ANSI Approved Standard for Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Supervisor
January 24, 2013Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released the Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for…
Read full articleTeleCommunication Systems Introduces TCS Smart911, First Nationwide, Rich Information Solution for Text to 9-1-1
January 24, 2013ANNAPOLIS, MD, Jan. 23, 2013 TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure…
Read full articleSouth Sound 9-1-1 Hires Neiditz As Executive Director
January 24, 2013South Sound 911, the voter-approved agency building a seamless emergency communications system to improve public safety, has its first executive…
Read full articlePolice Departments Continue to Underutilize Mapping and GIS
January 24, 2013GOLDSBORO, N.C. – Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) 95% of Public Safety Agencies under-utilize computer mapping and GIS. The reasons are…
Read full articleLocality from NetMotion Wireless Delivers Enterprise Cellular Network Performance Management
January 24, 2013Seattle, WA January 23, 2013 NetMotion Wireless, provider of software to secure, manage and optimize an organization¹s mobile…
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