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Console Upgrades Ease Strain for Metro 9-1-1 Workers
December 20, 2012Overdue improvements at the Ned Chilton 911 Center aim to make life a little easier for dispatchers.
Read full articleNew, Bigger Digs for 9-1-1 Call Center
December 20, 2012The Fort Wayne-Allen County 911 call center will soon move from the basement of the Rousseau Centre to the sixth floor, barring any cost-prohibitive renovation costs.
Read full article‘Santa’ Comforts Children Over the Air
December 14, 2012Virginia Beach EMS program uses radio waves to spread holiday cheer to children involved in 9-1-1 calls during Christmas season
Read full articleMinnesota: Hennepin Will Answer 9-1-1 Calls for Golden Valley
December 13, 2012Golden Valley will get 9-1-1 service from Hennepin County starting in 2014, when the county’s new Emergency Communications Facility is up and running
Read full articleUnited Nations Group to Pick Global Emergency Number
December 12, 2012Envoys from 193 nations will decide between 9-1-1 or 112 as a standard global emergency number for new generations of mobile phones and other devices.
Read full articleMissouri: 9-1-1 Panel Favors County Takeover, New Joint Office
December 11, 2012An unofficial vote by a panel formed to make recommendations to the Boone County Commission regarding a proposed 9-1-1 sales tax favors a county takeover instead of creating a political subdivision.
Read full articlePhone Companies to Relay 9-1-1 Texts by May 2014
December 10, 2012The Federal Communications Commission says the nation’s four largest wireless carriers have agreed to relay text messages to text-enabled 9-1-1 call centers by May 2014.
Read full articleMaine: Fairpoint Secures Job to Upgrade State’s 9-1-1 System
December 10, 2012The $32 million job of upgrading Maine’s emergency 9-1-1 system and replacing it with an upgraded, Internet- based system that can accept emergency calls from a range of devices will fall to FairPoint Communications.
Read full articleSandy May Delay Broadband
December 6, 2012Superstorm Sandy caused “significant damage” to a new fiber-optic Internet network being built in West Virginia with $126.3 million in federal stimulus funds, according to a letter released by the state Office of Technology on Wednesday.
Read full articleWilton Company Low Bidder on Franklin County Dispatch Center
December 6, 2012FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners opened 15 bids Tuesday afternoon from contractors seeking to build the county’s new dispatch communications center.
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