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Florida: Residents Give Smart911 Tepid Response
December 27, 2012Six months after implementing Smart911, only about 1,600 people have signed up for the service – roughly one-half of 1 percent of the county’s population.
Read full articleNew Jersey: New 9-1-1-Text Technology Hailed in Camden County
December 27, 2012Camden County’s ability to accept 9-1-1 text messages this summer will lead the state with a technology advance that will better protect residents, officials said.
Read full articleMaine: Friendly Caller Program Unites Dispatchers, Elderly
December 27, 2012It makes her feel good to know that the dispatchers are expecting her call, thanks to the county’s Friendly Caller program.
Read full articleShooting at New York House Fire, Gunman Kills Two Firefighters, Injures Two Others
December 24, 2012WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) – Four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn house fire were shot Monday morning, two fatally,…
Read full articleU.S. Capital Implements ASAP
December 21, 2012Washington DC’s Office of Unified Communications has gone live with the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol program, becoming the second largest PSAP to implement ASAP.
Read full articleOfficers to Get New Radios
December 20, 2012TROY – Miami County sheriff ‘s deputies will be getting new portable radios to replace models purchased in 2001 and requiring an increasing amount of maintenance.
Read full articleConsole Upgrades Ease Strain for Metro 9-1-1 Workers
December 20, 2012Overdue improvements at the Ned Chilton 911 Center aim to make life a little easier for dispatchers.
Read full articleRemember the Responders
December 20, 2012In the wake of last week’s deadly shootings at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the nation is mourning the victims: six teachers, 20 children and the mother of the shooter. Here, we also remember the telecommunicators who took the calls for help and the emergency personnel who responded to the scene.
Read full articleNew, Bigger Digs for 9-1-1 Call Center
December 20, 2012The Fort Wayne-Allen County 911 call center will soon move from the basement of the Rousseau Centre to the sixth floor, barring any cost-prohibitive renovation costs.
Read full articleNY-TERT Response to Hurricane Sandy
December 20, 2012The weather phenomena most New York residents are unfamiliar with is the hurricane, which our state has seen the effects of twice in the past two years. These two hurricanes, Irene in 2011 and Sandy in 2012, generated multiple requests for TERT assistance from PSAPs and emergency communications centers across the state.
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