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Is $27M for Radios Necessary?
April 27, 2011St. Augustine, Fla. — St. Johns County plans to spend $27 million to upgrade its radio system, a move it has said is prompted by a Federal Communications Commission order with a 2013 deadline. However, there is no order requiring the county to go to a brand new system, which county officials now acknowledge.
Read full articleIf We Want It, We Have to Fight for It
April 27, 2011Public safety officials from rural, suburban and urban communities working in law enforcement, the fire service and emergency health care have joined forces to convince the House, the Senate, the FCC and the Obama administration that the rightful owner of the D-Block spectrum should be public safety.
Read full articleDozing Murray County 9-1-1 Dispatchers Lose Jobs
April 27, 2011Chatsworth, Ga. — When two calls from a medic unit went unanswered at Murray County’s 911 dispatch office, a video showed the dispatcher with her bare feet propped on her desk, her eyes closed and her head tilted to one side, according to county records.
Read full articleFCC Announces Meeting of the Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee Scheduled for May 24
April 22, 2011The Federal Communications Commission, consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, announces that the FCC’s Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will hold its second meeting on Tuesday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m. The PSAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that will provide recommendations to assist the Commission and the Emergency Response Interoperability Center (ERIC) in developing a technical interoperability framework for a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network
Read full articleDispatchers Have Their Say at Adams Town Meeting
April 21, 2011Adams, Ma. — A pair of Adams Police dispatchers are speaking out before voters at Town Meeting whether to keep the town’s emergency services dispatch center or farm it out to a countywide agency to save money.
Read full articleCharleston 9-1-1 Center Aids FCC Probe in Maryland
April 21, 2011Kanawha County, W.Va. — Kanawha County 911 Center officials are cooperating with a Federal Communications Commission investigation of 911 outages in Maryland. FCC engineers interviewed Kanawha County 911 Director Carolyn Charnock last week, after reading reports about a similar 911 emergency failure in Charleston during an April 5 storm.
Read full articleUniversity of Tampa Honor Student Named Fire Dispatcher of the Year
April 21, 2011Temple Terrace, Fla. — Stacey Auguste, a four-year veteran of the Temple Terrace communications center, was named 2010 Fire Dispatcher of the Year on April 12 by Fire Chief Keith Chapman.
Read full articleFCC Announces Forum on Earthquake Communications Preparedness
April 20, 2011The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission will host an Earthquake Communications Preparedness Forum on May 3, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Read full articleFCC Extends Deadline for Membership Nominations for CSRIC Until May 13
April 20, 2011On March 22, the FCC opened nominations and expressions of interest for membership on the rechartered Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC). The original deadline was April 22. By this Public Notice, the deadline to submit nominations and expressions of interest is extended to May 13.
Read full articleDispatcher Lauded for Response
April 19, 2011Maquoketa, Iowa — Veteran emergency dispatcher Bob Lane was working solo on July 4 last year, as part of his regular shift at the Jackson County 911 office at the Maquoketa Law Center. Lane knew that Bellevue’s Heritage Days parade was going on that morning, but even though thousands of excited parade-goers gather for the annual event, he didn’t expect to hear about any trouble there.
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