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Silent Key: Jack Daniel Passes Away
March 2, 2012“Jack was a professional and a gentleman, and will be sorely missed by his friends and his APCO family,” says APCO Life Member and past APCO International President Gary David Gray.
Read full articleFrom Faux Phone, a Chilling Threat
March 1, 2012SARASOTA COUNTY – It is the 21st-century version of the crank phone call, except it is far more serious, expensive and potentially dangerous.
Read full articleFEMA Funding Awarded for Wayne County First Responders Communications Equipment
March 1, 2012U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Wednesday announced federal funding has been awarded to upgrade communications equipment for fire departments in Kenova and Ceredo, W.Va.
Read full articleNaples Lawmaker’s Bill to Step Up Use of Heart-Shocking Devices Gets New Life
February 28, 2012“It was such a simple issue, and we get all bogged down with the privacy,” state Rep. Kathleen Passimomo said. “The person having the coronary doesn’t care. Can you imagine if someone died because the 9-1-1 dispatcher couldn’t call the clubhouse?”
Read full articlePolice Radio Upgrades Coming
February 28, 2012TOM MOOR, South Bend Tribune (Indiana) SOUTH BEND – When dozens of police and fire departments converged on the World…
Read full articlePublic Safety and Homeland Security Bureau; Federal Advisory Committee Act; Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council
February 28, 2012SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)…
Read full articleRuidoso, N.M., Residents Want Communication Redundancy
February 28, 2012After two interruptions to Internet and some other communications services in the Ruidoso area already this year, some are seeking a resolution to the situation.
Read full articleMesilla Trustees Approve Contract with Comcast
February 28, 2012Mesilla town government is going to “bundle” with Comcast in the hopes of saving a bundle.
Town trustees voted 4-0 Monday to approve a three-year contract with Comcast to switch telephone service at Mesilla Town Hall and the town’s Public Safety Building from CenturyLink to Comcast. The agreement is expected to save Mesilla more than 38 percent of what town government is currently spending every month on its phone bill.
Read full articleSpot-on HELP; Ambulance Dispatch Stats Target Ways to Reduce Response Time
February 28, 2012To the untrained eye, the graph projected on the wall in Albuquerque Ambulance Service headquarters looks like a jumble of acronyms and multi-colored lines. To Kurt Krumperman, executive director of Albuquerque Ambulance Service, it looks like success.
Read full articleNew Law Provides Spectrum & Funding & Will Save Lives
February 24, 2012On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Vice President Joe Biden met with first responders to thank them for their service and to…
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