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Alabama County Touts 800 MHz Radio System after Tornadoes
May 18, 2011Anniston, Ala. (AP) — In the wake of the April tornadoes that flattened many areas of northern Calhoun County, local officials have touted the region’s 800 MHz digital radio system for its effectiveness in coordinating disaster response.
Read full articleTot Calls 9-1-1 Too Many Times; Mom Arrested
May 17, 2011Minneapolis, Minn. — A Stillwater mother, who agitated police when she did not stop her 3-year-old from making dozens of 911 hang-up calls, allegedly hit an officer when he came to arrest her on an unrelated warrant.
Read full articleLTE-Based Public Safety Network Could Finally Become Reality
May 16, 2011Ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government may finally be making progress on allocating spectrum for an LTE-based public safety broadband network. The Public Safety Alliance says that Congress could allocate 10MHz of spectrum on the 700MHz band to public safety agencies by the end of the year.
Read full articleRockefeller, Security Officials Push New Broadband Network
May 13, 2011U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller introduced legislation on Thursday to improve the access first responders and public safety officials have to the airwaves. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said, “Any 16-year-old with a smartphone is ahead of us in this. That is a little bit embarrassing,”
Read full articleNew York City Unveils New Public Safety System
May 10, 2011“The Personal Localized Alerting Network, what we call PLAN,” said FCC Chair Julius Genachowski on May 10, “is a new technology and service that will turn your mobile device into an emergency alert device with potentially lifesaving messages when public safety is threatened.” The statement came during a press conference at the site of the World Trade Center to announce the launch of PLAN in New York City.
Read full articleNathan Lee Talks about 9-1-1 Flaws in North Dakota
May 6, 2011More than three years after his 21-year-old wife was abducted and murdered, Nathan Lee stood Thursday before a group of strangers in North Dakota to tell his story. He spoke about flaws in the 911 system, miscommunication, a lack of standardized training and the need to do better. The 911 professionals in North Dakota were the latest of what will be many more people to experience Lee’s personal mission to change the emergency call system nationally.
Read full articleObama Pays Respects at Ground Zero
May 5, 2011NEW YORK — Marking Osama bin Laden’s death where the terrorist inflicted his greatest damage, President Barack Obama soberly laid a wreath Thursday at New York’s ground zero and declared, “When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say.”
Read full articleDHS Launches Month-Long Multiband Radio Pilot
May 4, 2011WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate today announced the kick-off of a 30-day…
Read full article$4 Million Communications Grant to Aid Border Effort
May 4, 2011Augusta, Maine — The Maine Emergency Management Agency will use a close to $4 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security to further enhance communication as part of its effort to protect the state’s borders.
Read full articleCalifornia Cities Sell Radios to Keep HOAs Informed in Emergency
May 4, 2011Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert are offering homeowners’ associations a direct link to officials in case of an earthquake or other massive disaster. Both have handheld radios available for sale to HOAs, directly connecting residents to local emergency operations centers to report injuries, damage or other information.
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