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Aeroflex and RELM Wireless Announce Availability of the Aeroflex 3920 Digital Radio Test Set for Automated Tests and Alignment of KNG Portable Command Series Radios
April 23, 2013Aeroflex Incorporated announced the addition of support for the RELM Wireless KNG Portable Command Series radios to its expanding capabilities for the Aeroflex 3920 Auto-Test II system.
Read full articleSeven Reasons Why Tait Radios Are Beyond Tough
April 23, 2013Tait Communications has launched a new series of seven “Tait Tough” videos.
Read full articleCentral Telecommunications Center of Wood County, W.Va., Selects Tiburon for Its Next Generation Technology Needs
April 23, 2013Tiburon announced that the Central County Telecommunications Center for Wood County, West Virginia selected Tiburon for their next generation CAD solution.
Read full articleAPCO Launches Application Community (AppComm) Website
April 23, 2013Today APCO International launched the Application Community – “AppComm” – a new website dedicated to public safety and emergency response…
Read full articleCalls Capture Terror of Texas Plant Explosion
April 22, 2013WEST, Texas (AP) — When the first call came in, it was just a fire. Smoke was coming from West Fertilizer Co. and an alarm was sounding, so a woman at a park just across the railroad tracks phoned for help. She was calm and matter of fact. The dispatcher responded in kind: “OK, I’m going to get them to put out the fire.”
Read full articlePrayer & Waiting in Texas Town Rocked by Blast
April 22, 2013Professional organizations and family and friends on Sunday identified four of the first responders who died: brothers Doug and Robert Snokhous, who were both firefighters with the West Volunteer Fire Department; Jerry Chapman, a firefighter with the Abbott Volunteer Fire Department; and Kevin Sanders, who worked with West EMS and another area volunteer fire department.
Read full articleBoston Bombing Suspect Apprehended
April 19, 2013EILEEN SULLIVAN and JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press | Friday, April 19, 2013 The suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon…
Read full articleAPCO International Executive Committee Commemorates NPSTW
April 19, 2013To commemorate National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (NPSTW), the APCO International Executive Committee—President Terry Hall, First Vice President Gigi Smith, Second Vice President John Wright and Immediate Past President Gregg Riddle—visited various locations around the Boston, Newtown, Conn., and New York City areas.
Read full articleAP Reports 1 of 2 Suspects in Boston Bombing Killed
April 19, 2013The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead.
Read full articleCrews Seek Survivors, Bodies after Texas Blast
April 18, 2013Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while the community awaited word on the number of dead.
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