Posts From Agency Representative
Commissioner Robert M. McDowell Announces Plans to Step Down from the FCC in the Near Future
March 21, 2013Commissioner McDowell: “After nearly seven years of carrying out the incredibly high honor of serving the American people at the FCC, it is time to turn more of my energies towards an even higher calling: serving my family. After a great deal of deliberation, I have decided that I will step down as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in a few weeks.”
Read full articleDispatch Response to Largest Vehicle Crash in Ohio History
March 7, 2013At 11:35 on Jan. 21, a snow-burst came through the Colerain Township area and caused a chain reaction crash on I-275, which involved more than 80 vehicles, numerous injuries and one fatality. This was the largest vehicle crash in Ohio history, and it was handled with skill and professionalism by the telecommunicators involved.
Read full article9-1-1 Telecommunicator and Fire Dispatcher Killed While Serving His Community as a Volunteer Firefighter
February 26, 2013Tomasz Kaczowka was killed while responding to a report of a residential fire in the early morning hours on Christmas Eve.
Read full articleCommunications Center Managers Workshop
February 26, 2013The Indiana Chapter of APCO, the Integrated Public Safety Commission (IPSC) and Interstate Battery are working with the Federal Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) on bringing a workshop to Indiana for Communications Center Managers.
Read full articlePalisades Interstate Parkway Police Department, N.J., 1st to Migrate to Statewide Radio System
February 19, 2013The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department has become the first agency in New Jersey to migrate radio communications onto the new State of New Jersey P.S.I.C. system. The P.S.I.C. system, short for Public Safety Interoperable Communications, is a statewide trunking radio system which operates on the new 700 MHz public safety spectrum.
Read full articleNTIA Announces Availability of $121.5 Million in State Grants to Assist with FirstNet Planning
February 7, 2013Washington — The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced the availability of $121.5 million in…
Read full articleSilent Key: Nicholas Stepaniak in Memoriam
February 4, 2013Nicholas E. Stepaniak, age 31, passed away Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Nick, the assistant communications manager for Stafford County’s Emergency Communications Center, was an invaluable member of a select fraternity.
Read full articleFCC Released New Guidance in November to Remind Licensees of Jan. 1 Narrowband Deadline
December 12, 2012This Public Notice (DA 12-1914) reminds licensees, frequency coordinators, equipment vendors and other interested parties of the Federal Communications Commission’s…
Read full articleWhat’s Your Flu IQ?
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Read full articleIncreasingly Complex Homeland Security Issues Require Apolitical Approach by National Leaders
November 15, 2012LEXINGTON, Ky., November 13, 2013 – The National Homeland Security Consortium (NHSC) is calling on leaders at all levels of government and the private sector to come together to address the increasingly complex and interdependent issues facing the nation. “With the 2012 elections behind us, now is the time for apolitical, non-partisan collaboration to advance national safety and security goals,” said John Madden, director, Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Madden is one of the tri-chairs for the NHSC, a voluntary group of 22 national associations formed in 2002 in an effort to collaboratively address homeland security issues.
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