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Who Is Watching You?
December 20, 2012What we often forget is that, while we’re watching everything that goes on around us, someone is watching us.
Read full articleZetron Donates $4.5K to Northwest Response Hurricane Sandy Relief
December 20, 2012Zetron, its president and employees donated $4.5K to Northwest Response: Hurricane Relief to support the Red Cross’s Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Read full article‘Santa’ Comforts Children Over the Air
December 14, 2012Virginia Beach EMS program uses radio waves to spread holiday cheer to children involved in 9-1-1 calls during Christmas season
Read full articleMinnesota: Hennepin Will Answer 9-1-1 Calls for Golden Valley
December 13, 2012Golden Valley will get 9-1-1 service from Hennepin County starting in 2014, when the county’s new Emergency Communications Facility is up and running
Read full articleWest Virginia’s Largest 9-1-1 Center Selects New World Systems’ Dispatch Solution
December 12, 2012Kanawha County, W.Va. Metro Emergency Operations Center is implementing New World Systems’ Aegis CAD solution to improve emergency response through integrated mapping and automated dispatch tools.
Read full articleMissouri: 9-1-1 Panel Favors County Takeover, New Joint Office
December 11, 2012An unofficial vote by a panel formed to make recommendations to the Boone County Commission regarding a proposed 9-1-1 sales tax favors a county takeover instead of creating a political subdivision.
Read full articleSandy May Delay Broadband
December 6, 2012Superstorm Sandy caused “significant damage” to a new fiber-optic Internet network being built in West Virginia with $126.3 million in federal stimulus funds, according to a letter released by the state Office of Technology on Wednesday.
Read full articleWilton Company Low Bidder on Franklin County Dispatch Center
December 6, 2012FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners opened 15 bids Tuesday afternoon from contractors seeking to build the county’s new dispatch communications center.
Read full articleUpgrades to Kanawha 9-1-1 Show Success
December 6, 2012Although Kanawha County’s Metro 911 system has had its share of glitches in recent years, local residents have been spared massive outages that have plagued other parts of the country.
Read full articleZim Schwartze to Lead Springfield’s 9-1-1 Center
December 6, 2012Zim Schwartze, former director of the Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management and Joint Communications, has been chosen as the new 911 director for the city of Springfield.
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