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Radio Issue Complicates Fire Merger In Columbia (Pa.)
June 19, 2014Three fire departments reconsider a merger when it means getting less radios.
Read full articleVerizon Customers Now Able to Text 9-1-1 in Collier County (Fla.)
June 17, 20149-1-1 texting service will be especially useful for people who are hearing-impaired, having a medical emergency that renders them voiceless or anyone who does not want to alert a criminal to their cry for help.
Read full articleNew 9-1-1 Funding Law Could Help Rural Areas
June 11, 2014Funding for 9-1-1 systems has changed because of the mobile phone. A new law will assist rural areas adapt to these changes.
Read full articleMontgomery County (Ala.) Plans $1 Million 9-1-1 Texting System
June 5, 2014Montgomery County is the latest area to test out a 9-1-1 texting service.
Read full articleFirstNet Vexed by Shifts in Public Safety LTE Standards-Setting
June 5, 2014A brewing controversy over technical standards and hiring issues are some of the latest bugaboos haunting the First Responders Network Authority as it crafts plans for the national public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
Read full articleNPSTC Broadband Working Group announces publication of Defining Public Safety Grade Systems and Facilities
May 29, 2014The NPSBN must be relied upon and trusted by the public safety community. It must be a Public Safety Grade network, not a commercial “best effort” network.
Read full articleCPRA Chapter Announces 2014 Technical Award Recipients
May 28, 2014April is typically focused on telecommunicator awards, but several years ago the Southern California Chapter of APCO (CPRA), decided to recognize the important role played by technical staff.
Read full articleMeteor Prompts 9-1-1 Calls in South Carolina
May 20, 2014Before 9-1-1 calltakers got word from the weather service, they sent police to investigate several calls they received about an explosion.
Read full articleChapter News: Orange County (Calif.) and Cobb County (Ga.)
May 15, 2014From California to Georgia, fresh spring weather and surprise guests ring in the season for APCO Chapters to honor the accomplishments of their own.
Read full articleSo. Fla. Police Phone Lines Downed; 9-1-1 not affected
May 14, 2014The glitch first made itself known Sunday night, cutting off some administrative lines but only briefly. But about 7 a.m. Tuesday, more extensive problems surfaced. Delray Beach was hit hardest, losing all its administrative lines.
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