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Wayne County, Ohio, Officials to Meet on Upgrades to Public Radio System
June 26, 2015The meeting, scheduled for 2 p.m. July 14 in the Wayne County Administration Building, will be an opportunity for safety service providers to discuss the report and the plans for moving forward.
Read full articleNiagara County, NY, Gets New Emergency Radio Network
June 26, 2015Six years after the notion was first raised and four years after the contracts were awarded, Niagara County’s new emergency radio network is scheduled to sign on the air June 30.
Read full articleLincolnwood Adopts CommandScope First Responder Tech
June 24, 2015Lincolnwood has become the latest northwest suburb of Chicago to adopt the CommandScope all-digital first responder technology. The all-digital pre-plan program will cover all major buildings in the community and tie in neatly with the neighboring townships creating a network of pre-plan information for primary and mutual aid fire departments.
Read full article9-1-1 Telecommunicator Meets Mother & Baby She Talked Through Delivery
June 19, 2015A home delivery in West Virginia went smoothly thanks to the calmness and professionalism of telecommunicator Debra Sutler.
Read full articleMutualink Multimedia Gateway to Enable Multi-Agency Collaboration during Department of Defense Exercise
June 16, 2015For the fourth consecutive year, Mutualink is playing an integral role as a core capability at the Joint Users Interoperability Communications Exercise (JUICE), the U.S. Army’s premier joint, coalition, and interagency communications event taking place during June.
Read full articleAPCO Seeks Comments on Draft Standard Core Competencies and Minimum Training Standards for Public Safety Communications Training Coordinator
June 16, 2015APCO International is seeking comments on a Candidate American National Standard (ANS) released today that identifies core competencies and minimum training requirements for the public safety communications training coordinator.
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: Kristin Ritter
June 12, 2015Ritter is employed as a Senior Emergency Dispatch Aide for Public Safety Communications for Prince George’s County. She has served in this position for five years. In addition, she has served as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in Calvert County, Md., for the past four years.
Read full articleTexting to 9-1-1 Now an Option in Botetourt County, Va.
June 12, 2015Botetourt County residents can now send text messages to 9-1-1 as part of recent improvements to the county’s emergency communications center.
Read full articleAirbus DS Communications Launches VESTA Alert
June 9, 2015The new addition to the VESTA suite of products is a state-of-the-art, map-based solution that quickly and accurately identifies an area at risk to rapidly deliver critical information to the impacted population.
Read full articleFederal Engineering Awarded Next Generation 9-1-1 and Radio Consulting Contract by the City of Portsmouth
June 8, 2015The City of Portsmouth, VA has awarded Federal Engineering, Inc. (FE) a contract to support the upgrade of its public safety radio and dispatch center systems.
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