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Whispering Pines: Where the Streets Have No Name
January 6, 2011Manchester, N.H. — Today Sandra Glennie and hundreds of other residents of Whispering Pines Mobile Home Village were supposed to be coming home to new street names and ZIP codes. Whispering Pines is a maze of like-sounding street names — Lane 3B, Lane 3C — winding across the line between Derry and Londonderry.
Read full articleBeech Grove 9-1-1 Center Closure Won’t Slow Response Times, Police Say
January 5, 2011Beech Grove, Ind. — 9-1-1 calls from Beech Grove will be answered in Indianapolis, a move authorities are reassuring residents won’t affect response times. The emergency comm center in Beech Grove will close Jan. 5 to comply with a new state law mandating counties have no more than two such facilities by 2014.
Read full articleNational Homeland Security Consortium Offers Recommendations to Enhance National Homeland Security Efforts
January 5, 2011Today APCO International applauded the National Homeland Security Consortium’s (NHSC) continued work to advance national security and preparedness efforts by releasing recommendations informed by a collaboration with APCO International and the other 20 voluntary national associations that make up the NHSC.
Read full article9-1-1 Operators’ Listening Skills Crucial for Mental Health Calls
January 4, 2011Oklahoma City — Kelly Garrett knows the holiday season can be a rough time for some people, but she’s more than happy to talk to them about their troubles. The 9-1-1 operator has been taking calls at the Oklahoma City Emergency Communications Center for 12 years.
Read full articleAthens County Only Occasionally Uses Mobile Communications Unit
January 4, 2011Athens County, Ohio — To beef up national security in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the federal government handed out money and equipment. One of the Homeland Security tools that came to Athens County free of charge was a giant mobile communications unit, which serves 11 counties, but doesn’t get out of the garage much.
Read full articleWinter Storm Delays 9-1-1 & Emergency Response for Infant
December 31, 2010New York City — After multiple unanswered 9-1-1 calls, a three-month-old boy was left brain dead after snow-clogged routes prevented EMS from reaching him quickly. Unplowed streets later forced the EMS personnel to ditch their ambulance and sprint with the ailing baby to the hospital.
Read full article9-1-1 Board to Hire Mapping Expert
December 30, 2010Shelby County, Tenn. — Starting some time next year, a company is expected to start making a computerized map of all the roads, streets, byways and highways of Shelby County.
Read full articleChicago Firefighters Mourn
December 29, 2010A large contingent of suburban firefighters will attend the funerals of two Chicago firefighters, Edward Stringer and Corey Ankum, killed in a Dec. 22 morning blaze on the city’s South Side.
Read full articlePolice Dispatcher Helps Cabbie Deliver Baby During Storm
December 28, 2010Oakland, Maine — Keelin Taylor was expected, but the way he came into the world Monday was a surprise to everyone. The boy was born just after 2 a.m. in the back seat of a taxi in Oakland, in the middle of a snowstorm.
Read full articleFCC to Hold Workshop on Jan. 26, 2011, on VHF/UHF Narrowbanding
December 28, 2010Washington, D.C. — The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today announced it will hold a workshop on VHF/UHF narrowbanding to assist licensees in completing the transition to narrowband radio communications by Jan. 1, 2013.
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