Technology
730 Days & Counting
January 20, 2011All FCC Part 90 licensees operating in VHF spectrum 150–174 MHz and UHF spectrum based on location 421–512 MHz must reduce their emission to 12.5 kHz or less or use technology that provides an equivalency to 12.5 kHz in a 25 kHz emission on or before Jan. 1, 2013. The FCC’s ultimate goal is for 6.25 kHz or equivalent emission in the future. As of today, the FCC has not set a date for when this must take place.
Read full articleAnritsu Introduces Second-Generation LMR Master for Testing Public Safety, Utility and Private Mobile Communications Systems
January 19, 2011Morgan Hill, Calif. — Anritsu Company introduces the S412E LMR Master handheld analyzer developed exclusively for the installation, verification, and service of P25/NXDN and LTE public safety, utility and private mobile communications systems.
Read full articleUnconventional Ideas
January 13, 2011With more reliance on cellular and UHF radio communications, public safety organizations find themselves dependent on a modern technology infrastructure to support their inter- and intra-agency communications, and communications with the public. However, one major hurricane or winter storm could render most of the technology useless during the stage of the event that it’s needed the most. Here are six strategies to back up your agency’s communications.
Read full articleDRS Tactical Systems Expands Armor Product Offering with its All-New Compact Tablet
January 13, 2011Parsippany, N.J. — DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica Company, announced today that its Tactical Systems Group has recently unveiled its…
Read full articleMobile Diagnosis
December 28, 2010In the midst of the holidays, many across our nation will take a physical and mental respite from the ever-present tribulations of life. As the annual deceleration occurs, public safety professionals understand that during this time of the year an acceleration of the rate at which their services are needed occurs in kind. An unfortunate fact is that emergency personnel often arrive at homes, office parties and restaurants, or rendezvous with transportation system conveyances, with minimal — if any — crucial patient information at the ready.
Read full articleConnecting Mt. Blue
December 16, 2010A Maine mountaintop is slated to be the site of a unique communications tower that combines a 1944-style structure with modern microwave technology. The planned Mt. Blue tower is part of Maine’s statewide communications consolidation project, which will incorporate the FCC’s narrowbanding mandate.
Read full articleFort Wayne Police Use Online System to Solve String of Multiple Residential Burglaries
December 1, 2010LeadsOnline is the nation’s largest online investigative system used by more than 3,000 law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes. Each day, millions of items are added to the LeadsOnline database by businesses, including second-hand stores, scrap metal recyclers, pawnshops, and Internet drop-off stores across all 50 states. Those records are instantly available to law enforcement agencies …
Read full article16 Nevada Agencies Adopt Spillman for Statewide Data Sharing
November 23, 2010CARSON CITY, Nev. – Nov. 22, 2010 – In a major cooperative effort to bolster public safety statewide, 16 Nevada…
Read full articleGetting the Green Light
November 18, 2010Exponential growth in the Houston-metro area and its resulting traffic gridlock have negatively affected Harris County’s emergency responders and their response times. Local emergency service districts are fighting back with technology and working together to expand an intelligent emergency preemption system to more county and state roads.
Read full articleShared Resources
November 11, 2010Houston-area leaders realized they would benefit from sharing a broadband infrastructure, sites for towers and other equipment for an IP and microwave emergency network if the Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network, the city of Houston and Harris County combined their plans.
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