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9-1-1 to Be Its Own Department
December 29, 2011Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced Tuesday that the city’s 911 system will become its own department and work closely with fire and police officials. The 911 system, which has been under the Information Technology Department, will become the 911 Public Safety Communication Department with “its own management, its own failure and its own accountability,” Bartlett said during a news conference at City Hall.
Read full articleFull Speed Ahead — A Code 1, Perhaps? — For Emergency Service Upgrade
December 29, 2011ELKADER, Iowa – With the help of two Assistance to Firefighters grants, Clayton County emergency communications is undergoing a significant update. Phase I, of the three-phase project, is finished, includes simulcast paging and interoperability repeaters for emergency personnel.
Read full articleLegislation Would Make Copper Theft a Felony
December 29, 2011Under the cover of darkness, thieves sneak up a telephone pole hoping to make off with valuable copper wire. In the process, the nocturnal bandits disrupt telephone lines. This not only inconveniences those served by them, but it puts residents at risk if they need to call police, or 911 to get an ambulance, in a personal crisis, says Delegate Gary Howell, R-Mineral.
Read full articleReview of the Emergency Alert System
December 29, 2011SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission amends its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules to extend the deadline for EAS Participants to be able to receive Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)-formatted EAS alerts to no later than June 30, 2012. This is intended to provide EAS Participants with time to comply with any new CAP-based revisions to the Commission’s rules.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Effective December 27, 2011.
Read full articleSouth Salt Lake Residents to Face Fines for Calling 9-1-1 in Nonemergencies
December 20, 2011SOUTH SALT LAKE: South Salt Lake is trying to discourage people from making false and unnecessary 911 calls and from leaving their faulty automated alarms unrepaired. In November, the city began assessing fees to repeat offenders and those who call for medical help in nonemergency situations.
Read full articleMan, 55, Allegedly Abused 9-1-1 Service
December 20, 2011Police arrested a 55-year-old man Friday for allegedly making several abusive 911 calls, hindering police response to other emergency calls, police said.
Read full articleSirens a Sound of Joy at Hills & Dales
December 20, 2011The moment Santa emerged from a Dubuque fire truck elicited cheers, hugs, smiles and a feeling that the true meaning of Christmas had arrived. “It’s overwhelming,” said Todd Gillitzer, of Bettendorf, Iowa. Gillitzer has a daughter (Paige) and a brother (Scott) residing at Hills & Dales Child Development Center. “You need to see it to experience it. It affects not just the residents but their families and other people in the community.”
Read full articleHeart-Attack Victim to Thank Rescuers — Including 9-1-1 Telecommunicator — at Ceremony
December 20, 2011Barnstead resident Jim Riley, 51, will celebrate more than the holidays this season. In a ceremony in Concord, Riley will celebrate with the friends, strangers and emergency dispatchers who saved his life when he suffered a heart attack Dec. 1 while on a roofing job in Alton.
Read full articleKanawha Metro 9-1-1 Board Purchases Updated System
December 16, 2011The Kanawha County Metro 9-1-1 Board will be getting a new million-dollar, computer-aided dispatch system.
Read full articleThieves Pocket-Dial 9-1-1, Leading to Arrest
December 15, 2011MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin’s capital city barely had to try to catch a pair of unlucky suspected…
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