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Emergency Responders Need Access to D-Block Spectrum
June 13, 2011By Kevin McGinnis, Sun Journal Original publication date: June 12, 2011 Lewiston, Maine — An apartment house engulfed in flames….
Read full articleRockefeller Excited as Legislation Advances
June 13, 2011U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller said he’s committed to passage this year of a sweeping reform of the way the country’s first responders communicate with one another. Rockefeller has sponsored the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, which would create a nationwide, interoperable, wireless broadband network for emergency workers and first responders
Read full articleNew 911 System Shares Details with Rescuers
June 10, 2011With most 911 calls, the only information operators get is the phone number, type of phone used to make the call, an address if the call was made on a landline or a latitude-longitude location if it’s from a cellphone.
Read full articleFEMA, FCC Announce Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System
June 10, 2011Washington, D.C. — June 9, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s FEMA and the FCC will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. EST and may last up to three and a half minutes.
Read full articleThe Well-Traveled Delegate
June 9, 2011In his 30-year communications career, Manfred Blaha has attained an international level of expertise in the ever-changing and wide-ranging world…
Read full articleVote 21-to-4 in Favor of Bipartisan D Block Bill
June 9, 2011During the June 8 executive session of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the committee voted 21 to 4 in favor of sending S. 911, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act of 2011, to the Senate for consideration. Multiple amendments were accepted to the original legislation (S.28) to shape its current form during the hearing.
Read full articlePolice Release 9-1-1 Recordings from Alameda (Calif.) Drowning
June 9, 2011Alameda, Calif. — Dolores Berry pleaded with a police dispatcher to hurry and rescue her mentally ill stepson after he decided to kill himself by walking into the waters off an Alameda beach May 30. “He’s way out in the water right now. He’s trying to drown himself!” Berry told a dispatcher from a cellphone borrowed from a passer-by.
Read full articleAPCO President Bill Carrow Responds to Milestone for Rockefeller-Hutchison Public Safety Bill
June 9, 2011On June 8, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted on and passed S. 911, The Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Broadband Act of 2011. The legislation will now go to the full Senate for debate. Read the response from APCO International President Bill Carrow on the latest developments.
Read full articleNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Endorses Rockefeller-Hutchison Public Safety Bill
June 9, 2011Washington, D.C.—New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week announced that he is supporting efforts by Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison to give first responders a dedicated nationwide communications network.
Read full articleRockefeller, Hutchison Deliver Bipartisan D-Block
June 8, 2011Washington, D.C. — The Public Safety Alliance congratulates the overwhelming majority of Republican and Democratic members on the Senate Commerce Committee for working together in passage of S.911, supporting the nation’s first responders’ top priority communications issue.
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