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Survey of 9-1-1 Dispatchers Finds Many Indoor Callers Cannot Be Located on Wireless Phones
April 29, 2014The survey results and more than 200 powerful personal stories of the challenges in locating wireless callers are being submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Read full articleLiberty County (Ga.) Public Safety Communications Center Implements APCO EMD
April 25, 2014Residents in Hinesville, Ga., now have the added strength of the APCO Institute’s Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) behind their 9-1-1 call center.
Read full articleCalhoun County (W.Va.) E-911 Implements APCO EMD
April 25, 2014The APCO Institute EMD Program, based on EMD guide cards and software, is a systematic way to manage emergency medical service (EMS) resources in an organized and effective manner.
Read full articleUncertainty Over 9-1-1 Text Messaging in Pennsylvania
April 25, 2014The Federal Communications Commission wants wireless companies to provide customers the capability to text emergency messages to 9-1-1 centers by the end of the year,centers won’t be able to receive those messages without expensive upgrades, yet Pennsylvania officials said the state has an outdated, “horse and buggy” system for paying 9-1-1 costs.
Read full articleNIST Investigation of Joplin, Mo., Tornado Details Proposed Measures for Saving Lives and Property
April 3, 2014Nationally accepted standards for building design and construction, public shelters and emergency communications can significantly reduce deaths and the steep economic costs of property damage caused by tornadoes.
Read full articleRichmond (Va.) Consolidates City Emergency Communications
March 25, 2014Creation of a stand-alone city agency called the Department of Emergency Communication would handle police, fire and ambulance calls.
Read full articleTexas Boy Honored as 9-1-1 Hero
March 21, 2014A Corpus Christi boy who called 9-1-1 in a fatal incident meets victim’s family for first time.
Read full articleTroup County E-9-1-1 Modernizes Mapping Application
March 17, 2014Troup County E-911 receives over 250,000 calls annually.
Read full article9-1-1 Telecommunicator Helps Father Deliver Baby
March 6, 2014Calltaker Brodie Lefebvre took the call shortly after 9:30 a.m. and talked the father through the delivery.
Read full articleZetron Exceeds 2 Million Hours of P25 CSSI-based Operation
March 5, 2014Zetron has announced that implementations of its Advanced Communications (AcomEVO) system have logged more than 2 million hours of successful operation
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