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Federal Grant to Aid LA’s First-Responders
September 28, 2010Boosting efforts to improve communication among first-responders during fires, earthquakes and other disasters, Los Angeles area officials announced Monday the receipt of a $155 million federal grant to develop a regional radio system.
Read full articleSenate Committee Hears Public Safety Concerns
September 24, 2010“You have the ability to give rural and urban America the capability to allow public safety to do a better job,” said Jackson County (W.Va.) EMS Director Stephen E. McClure to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee during a hearing on Senate Bill 3756. “[The bill] will allow an unprecedented move to develop a public safety communications network. We will be able to do things we are not able to do in today’s system.”
Read full articleTwo Dispatchers & Cop Fired for Fake Crime Scene
September 22, 2010A Florida police officer and two dispatchers have been fired for faking a report of a possible crime. The plot was concocted in order to reunite the officer with his estranged ex-girlfriend, who is also an officer with the department.
Read full articleiPhone App Provides Real-Time Access to Response Activities
September 21, 2010A new — free — iPhone application provides a “virtual window” into one California agency’s dispatch and emergency response activities. The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s FireDepartment.org application is drawing rave reviews from local residents and first responders, as well as national and international interest. The application enables users to listen in real-time to the actions of dispatchers, firefighters and paramedics in San Ramon Valley.
Read full articleEmergency Notification System Problems May Have Delayed Evacuation Alert in Herriman Fire
September 21, 2010Problems with the standard phone emergency notification system may have been the reason some residents affected by the Camp Williams fire weren’t told to evacuate until they had no time to grab anything.
Read full articleEmergency Dispatcher from Shaler, Pa., Suspended over Porn Charge
September 21, 2010Public safety agencies are taking action against a volunteer firefighter and 9-1-1 dispatcher who is awaiting trial on charges of possessing child pornography.
Read full articleOne Dispatch for North Shore?
September 20, 2010A group of public officials is on the verge of recommending the consolidation of all the North Shore’s (Wis.) police and fire dispatchers — operations that are now conducted in three different organizations.
Read full articleSheriff’s Spokesman: 9-1-1 Call in Biker Gang Incident a ‘Misunderstanding’
September 15, 2010Recordings released by the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office show that the department knew about the large group of Vagos Motorcycle Club members gathering in the Bolado Park area before the incident Sept. 4 involving allegations they pointed guns at an out-of-town woman and her family and friends.
Read full articleHigh-Tech Dispatch on the Air
September 14, 2010When the San Antonio Police Department’s portion of a new multi-agency communication system went live at 6 a.m. Sunday, it was hardly noticeable to casual listeners. But for police officers, sheriff’s deputies, Schertz first responders and San Antonio firefighters, the change was monumental.
Read full articleDispatcher Disciplined for Sleeping on the Job
September 12, 2010A Blue Earth County (Minn.) 9-1-1 dispatcher that had been photographed and videotaped sleeping on the job — and who had been suspended for what supervisors say were numerous similar incidents — is under investigation again.
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