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California: Four-year-old Boy Calm In A Crises
September 11, 2012Ian Baldwin’s parents, Mike and Misti, repeatedly instructed their son what to do if his mom, who has epilepsy, suffered a seizure.
Read full articlePennsylvania: 9-1-1 Calls Made Easy
September 11, 2012The Adams County 9-1-1 Communication Center has gone through a recent upgrade that emergency officials say greatly enhances the work done by its dispatchers.
Read full articleState Maps for 9-1-1 Calls
September 6, 2012Remember the vivid and graphic images that the Mars Rover took of the Red Planet? That same technology will be used later this year in Shelby County.
Read full articleGrant Brings iPads and Spanish Lessons for Oxnard Firefighters
September 6, 2012Oxnard firefighters will learn Spanish on iPads with help from a grant from State Farm, the company announced this week.
Read full article$1.26M Stimulus Grant
September 6, 2012The 25-year-old son of West Virginia homeland security director Jimmy Gianato is being paid through a $126.3 million federal stimulus grant that Gianato oversees.
Read full articleRadios for Cops May Cost Millions
September 6, 2012WEST PALM BEACH — The city could take a $5 million loss on a police radio system that it installed but never activated.
Read full articleRadio Problems in Casino Spur Amplifier Requirement
September 6, 2012The Des Plaines City Council on Tuesday night approved amending the city’s fire code requiring radio amplifiers that would allow police and fire personnel to send and receive radio signals within larger city buildings.
Read full articleCommunications System Gives California Police Field Data in Real Time
August 31, 2012A high-tech communications system promises to provide “actionable intelligence” to officers rushing to a crime scene.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatchers ‘Stellar’ During Triple Homicide, Child Abduction
August 30, 2012Emergency dispatchers shook off feelings of disbelief during a triple shooting and child abduction on July 27 in Quincy Township.
Read full articleIsaac’s Storm Surge Tops La. Levee
August 29, 2012NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac, downgraded from a hurricane about 19 hours after making landfall, drove water over a levee in a lightly populated part of Plaquemines Parish, flattened sugar cane 50 miles west in Terrebonne Parish, forced evacuation of a neighborhood in St. John the Baptist Parish and knocked out power to more than 700,000 households and businesses statewide.
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