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Finlay’s Money-Saving Idea Gets Low ISO Rating
May 24, 2012Naples City Council member Doug Finlay believes the city could save as much as $1 million a year simply by getting its lines of communication straightened out with the Collier County sheriff’s 911 dispatch center.
Read full articleCops: Carol Stream Man Made Phony 9-1-1 Call to Evade Us
May 24, 2012A Carol Stream man is facing felony charges for calling 911 and falsely reporting a man with a gun in an effort to avoid his own arrest, police said Tuesday.
Read full articlePublic Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Makes Available the Recommendations of the Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability
May 24, 2012By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) makes available the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability (Interoperability Board or Board), established pursuant to the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act). The recommendations are posted in the above-captioned docket.
Read full article9-1-1 Mural in Lewiston ‘a Perfect Fit’
May 23, 2012A pair of studio majors at Bates College were looking for a project to help the Lewiston-Auburn community. So when Doug Hubley of Bates’ communications and media relations office, heard about a request from the Lewiston-Auburn 911 communication center, he knew it would be a perfect fit.
Read full articleNY Girl, 4, Calls 9-1-1 to Help Save Choking Brother
May 21, 2012AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — They talked about calling 911 in Grace Varley’s prekindergarten class. She must have been listening.
Read full articleAndroscoggin County Commission Votes to Preserve County Dispatching
May 21, 2012LEWISTON — Androscoggin County commissioners ended a decade of debate Wednesday, voting 2-1 to maintain the ability to answer emergency calls and dispatch help in a county-run communications center.
Read full articleFCC Announces Meeting of the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council Scheduled for June 6, 2012 at FCC Headquarters
May 21, 2012By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission), consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, announces that the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC or Council) will meet on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC Headquarters, located at 445 12th Street, SW, Room TW-C305, Washington, DC 20554.
Read full articleThe City of Los Angeles’ Fire Department’s Medical Response Slower
May 21, 2012The Daily News of Los Angeles The Los Angeles Fire Department’s response to medical emergencies slowed by 12 seconds citywide…
Read full articleSalt Lake City Looks to Combine Police, Fire 9-1-1 Centers
May 21, 2012Salt Lake City’s new public safety building is more than a year from its scheduled completion. But when it opens in July 2013, it will house a combined police and fire 911 emergency and dispatch center — if Mayor Ralph Becker gets his way.
Read full articleProsser Dispatch
May 18, 2012The Prosser City Council voted Tuesday to go from a city-run dispatch to a regionalized dispatch center in a 4-3 vote.
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