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9-1-1 Hang-Up Nets Drug Charges
May 4, 2011Charleston, S.C. — A 62-year-old Summerville man was arrested on drug charges Friday after deputies responded to a 911 hang-up call and noticed marijuana plants growing inside a house in the Irongate subdivision, according to the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office.
Read full articleRockefeller Touts D Block for Public Safety in Charleston, W.Va.
May 4, 2011Charleston, W.Va. — TV stations formerly used a wide section of the public airwaves to send out their programs. Radio stations, cellphone systems and other transmissions use nearby segments of the electromagnetic spectrum. With changes in technology and the arrival of digital transmission, broadcasts now use smaller portions of bandwidth. That leftover space offers an opportunity for a significant improvement in public safety, says Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.
Read full articleFirst Responders Nationwide Celebrate Justice
May 2, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 2, 2011 – The thousands of men and women of public safety nationwide applaud the bi-partisan,…
Read full articleRecent Events Justify Radio Upgrade
April 29, 2011Bloomington, Ill. — The recent cooperation between Twin City police departments on a series of FBI-led drug raids and planning for a weekend college party has demonstrated why the city of Bloomington needed to switch to Starcom 21 radio system, local officials said.
Read full articleFast Thinking, Action by State Police Dispatchers
April 29, 2011Worcester, Mass. — Massachusetts State Police 9-1-1 dispatchers Emily Mearian and Joseph Fantini, both of Worcester, were recognized at the Massachusetts State 9-1-1 Department’s fourth annual awards ceremony at Mechanics Hall yesterday.
Read full articleFCC Issues Notice about Meeting of Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee
April 29, 2011The notice, published in the Federal Register on April 28 states: “In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this document advises interested persons that the FCC Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will hold its second meeting on May 24, 2011, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Communications Commission.”
Read full articleNew Radios Operational for Franklin County’s Emergency Responders
April 29, 2011Chambersburg, Pa. — Franklin County’s digital emergency communications system is in full operation, but the county will continue to simultaneously use the older analog system.
Read full articleBeach’s Proposed Budget Updates 9-1-1 Alert System
April 29, 2011Virginia Beach, Va. — When a gunman opened fire at an apartment building in Thalia in March 2008, killing or injuring five people, the city sent an automated message to neighborhood residents warning them to stay inside. The message, though, didn’t go out by cellphone or e-mail.
Read full articleLeaking Mass. House Dials 9-1-1 for Help
April 29, 2011Marblehead, Mass. — After months of enduring a leaking pipe that buckled its floors and sagged its ceilings, an empty Massachusetts house somehow called police for help. The Salem News reports the 911 call went out to police from a house in Marblehead on Wednesday after water short-circuited the phone system, apparently sparking the emergency call.
Read full articleHamilton Township Will Rely on Columbus for Fire-Dispatch Calls
April 27, 2011Hamilton, Ohio — Hamilton Township will hand over fire dispatching to the Columbus Division of Fire in an effort to minimize the pinch of a proposed state budget. Beginning in June, fire dispatchers in Columbus will field the township fire department’s emergency calls, charging $5 every time they send township fire units to an emergency that’s outside Columbus.
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