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Independent Study Course IS-247 for Alert Originators Now Available Online
December 15, 2011The FEMA Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) program office has worked with FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI)…
Read full articleNorwich Residents Told New Radio Tower Needed
December 15, 2011Norwich — Norwich has a problem, and it isn’t alone. “This problem is being faced right now by every fire, police and public works department in the United States,” interim Town Manager said Neil Fulton.
Read full articleCommunication Troubles Preceded Deputy’s Crash
December 15, 2011Jacob Carpenter, Naples Daily News (Florida) Dispatchers were having trouble locating an overturned truck on a dark stretch of U.S….
Read full article9-1-1 Centers Sore Over ‘Butt Dials’
December 13, 2011It’s something typically called “pocket dialing” or “butt dialing,” and for most people, it’s a minor annoyance or even something to chuckle about. But if you’re an emergency dispatcher, a call like that can waste valuable time and precious resources.
Read full articlePolice Alerted to Ind. Deaths by Facebook Post
December 13, 2011FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Police are investigating whether a breakup prompted a Fort Wayne man to shoot and kill…
Read full articleTest Alert by Verizon Leads to Confusion in N.J.
December 13, 2011NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Not quite the “War Of The Worlds” broadcast of a Martian invasion in New Jersey, a Verizon “emergency” alert Monday that the company texted to its wireless customers still jangled some nerves and triggered hundreds of calls from concerned residents to local and state offices.
Read full articleHigh Desert, Calif., Emergency Operations Center Budget Skyrockets
December 8, 2011The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday [Dec. 6] agreed to increase the construction budget of the High Desert Public Safety Operations Center in Hesperia by 45 percent. … It includes a $4.75 million 800-megahertz radio upgrade project.
Read full articleConfused Callers Vilifying Wrong Fire Department
December 8, 2011OBION, Tenn. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter in the West Tennessee city of Obion says the department is getting ugly…
Read full articleFirst Data-Driven Policing Training Held in RI
December 8, 2011PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Representatives from 10 police departments in Rhode Island and Massachusetts have participated in a training focusing…
Read full articleMore Drivers Texting at Wheel, Despite State Bans
December 8, 2011WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the criticism and new legal bans, texting by drivers just keeps increasing, especially among younger motorists.
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