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New Emergency Communications System Set for Idaho National Laboratory Site
June 2, 2011Last year, as crews from across eastern Idaho responded to the record-setting Jefferson Fire on the Idaho National Laboratory site, they found themselves confronted with a nuisance that made their work more difficult: They couldn’t easily talk to each other.
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June 1, 2011Washington County, Minn. — Washington County authorities will soon be able to use telephone messages to alert the public to emergencies and relay important information. The Washington County Board approved spending $52,500 and signed a contract with Emergency Communication Network Inc. to provide the CodeRed service.
Read full articlePolice Dispatcher Helps Locate Victim Held against Her Will
June 1, 2011Milford, Conn. — A police dispatcher helped lead officers to the identity of a 23-year-old Shelton man Saturday, who allegedly held his girlfriend against her will, police said.
Read full articleDriver Crashes While Telling 9-1-1 about Chase
June 1, 2011Dayton, Ohio — A man called 9-1-1 around 3 a.m. Wednesday to report that he was being chased by another car before his car crashed into a pole, killing a passenger.
Read full articleSurvivors Emerge from Missouri Tornado Destruction
May 27, 2011Joplin, Mo. (AP) — Officers from Joplin and several neighboring towns and counties manned virtually every major intersection in the city Monday. Ambulances continued to come and go, sirens blaring.
Read full articleKenwood Donates Radios to Alabama Tornado Relief Effort
May 26, 2011Suwanee, GA: Kenwood recently donated 50professional LMR mobiles and amateur radios to the City of Tuscaloosa, Ala. In accepting the…
Read full articleEmergency Communications Needed
May 26, 2011After Sunday’s catastrophic tornado wrecked Joplin, Mo., police, fire, ambulance and other rescue groups reported a “widespread breakdown of communication systems” as they tried to locate 1,500 residents reported missing. Back in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, rescuers were forced to send runners with handwritten notes because various emergency radio systems couldn’t link to each other.
Read full articlePublic Safety Representatives Talk Broadband Spectrum, Governance & Funding at Subcommittee Hearing
May 26, 2011“We all share the same goal: providing America’s first responders with a state-of-the-art communications network,” said House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) during Wednesday’s hearing. The hearing, Creating an Interoperable Public Safety Network, brought together a panel of commercial and public safety representatives to discuss H.R. 607, the Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011.
Read full articlePressure Mounts for Congress to Pass Legislation Supporting Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
May 25, 2011Washington, D.C. — The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology heard again from expert witnesses today about the benefits of a dedicated broadband network for public safety at a hearing entitled, “Creating an Interoperable Public Safety Network.” Public Safety Alliance witness, Chief Jeffry Johnson, discussed the dire need for D Block spectrum to be allocated to public safety before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Read full articlePSA Continues to Dispell the Myths about D Block Spectrum Allocation
May 25, 2011Washington, D.C. — May 24, 2011 — The Public Safety Alliance is setting the record straight today on the top five Public Safety Broadband Network Myths as they relate to D Block spectrum reallocation. The organization supports legislation that would allocate this spectrum to America’s first responders to build a nationwide interoperable broadband network.
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