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Requests for Waiver of Various Petitioners to Allow the Establishment of 700 MHz Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband Networks
January 18, 2011The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) approved an initial set of technical requirements for public safety jurisdictions (Petitioners) that were granted conditional waivers by the Commission for early deployment in the 700 MHz public safety broadband spectrum.
Read full articleFCC News: Framework for Next Generation 9-1-1 Deployment
January 13, 2011The Notice of Inquiry initiates a comprehensive proceeding to address how Next Generation 911 (NG9-1-1) can enable the public to obtain emergency assistance by means of advanced communications technologies beyond traditional voice-centric devices.
Read full articleObama Speaks at Memorial for Arizona Shooting Victims
January 13, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other “in a way that heals, not in a way wounds.”
Read full articleCommunity Grieves After Shocking Shooting Rampage
January 13, 2011Phoenix — A U.S. congresswoman shot in the head is able to breathe on her own, doctors said Tuesday, as the Arizona community rocked by the shooting that killed six people planned memorial services, including one where President Barack Obama planned to speak.
Read full article9-1-1 Call: “I do believe Gabby Giffords was hit.”
January 13, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — A 9-1-1 caller witnessing the mass shooting outside a grocery store in Tucson describes a frantic scene.
Read full articleArizona Shooting Targets US Congresswoman, Kills 6
January 13, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — A gunman nearly unloaded a semiautomatic weapon at a busy supermarket Saturday during a public gathering for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wounding the Democrat and killing Arizona’s chief federal judge and five others in an attempted assassination that left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge.
Read full articleFranklin County’s $6.9 Million Communications System Ready to Go
January 13, 2011Chambersburg, Pa. — Franklin County’s $6.9 million 911 dispatch system has passed muster, and will see use later this month. Police departments will be the first agencies to switch to the new emergency communications system, according to county Emergency Services Director David Donahue. Municipalities will follow later this month. Fire and ambulance companies will begin moving over in February. The transition will continue over the course of a year.
Read full articleNumber of 9-1-1 Calls Keeps Rising
January 13, 2011Columbia, Mo. — The Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management is reporting a 1.14 percent increase from 2009 totals, with 71,092 emergency calls for the year. The increase is the second consecutive year calls topped the 70,000 mark, according to a news release.
Read full articleWarren County Looks at Upgrades for Comm Center
January 13, 2011Lebanon, Ohio — It was one of the first 9-1-1 comm. centers in the state when it was completed in 1989. However, new technologies and a growing county demanding more services has stretched the Warren County Comm Center to the point that it needs to be upgraded to meet the county’s public safety needs.
Read full articleNYPD Investigates 9-1-1 Tragedy
January 11, 2011New York City — The NYPD is investigating a nine-hour delay in responding to a 911 call from a Brooklyn woman who went into labor during the crippling post-Christmas snowstorm and wound up losing her baby.
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