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First Responders Can Go to the Extreme and Still Stay Connected
March 6, 2012LAS VEGAS (IWCE, Motorola Solutions Booth #5001) – Feb. 22, 2012 – Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI), today announced the…
Read full articleThales Launches LTE Solution for U.S. Public Safety Community
March 6, 2012Arlington, VA – February 23, 2012 – Thales announced today the launch of its new end-to-end integrated and distributed Long…
Read full articleIAFC and NVFC Join Forces for 2012 Safety and Health Week
March 6, 2012February 21, 2012 – The International Association of Fire Chiefs and the National Volunteer Fire Council announced today that Rules…
Read full articleDaniels and Catalyst Demonstrate P25 Fixed Station Interface Interoperability
March 6, 2012February 22, 2012 – Daniels Electronics Ltd., a leading global supplier of high reliability Land Mobile Radio (LMR) base stations…
Read full articleDispatcher Recounts Call from Downed Pilot
March 5, 2012As a dispatcher for Itawamba County’s 911 system, Brown is accustomed to receiving all kinds of strange calls. But this one was even more off-kilter than normal. “(The caller) was out of breath and gasping, ‘Plane crash; plane crash,'” Brown said. “I told him he was going to have to calm down, steady himself and take deep breaths.”
Read full articleDispatcher Helps Los Angeles Firefighters Rescue Woman Trapped in Apartment Fire
March 5, 2012LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles firefighters rescued a 19-year-old woman trapped inside her burning second-floor apartment in the San…
Read full articlePersonnel Honored for ‘Hard Work and Steadfast Resolve to Duty’
March 5, 2012Emergency communications operator supervisor Nicole Duncan has been selected Emergency Communications Operator of the Year. Duncan is being honored for her overall work and dedication to the Emergency Operations Center.
Read full articleBearCom Releases Instructional Video Detailing Sweeping Impact of FCC Narrowbanding Mandate
March 5, 2012March 5, 2012: Dallas, TX—BearCom, a nationwide provider of wireless communications equipment and solutions, today made available an instructional, animated…
Read full articleSilent Key: Jack Daniel Passes Away
March 2, 2012“Jack was a professional and a gentleman, and will be sorely missed by his friends and his APCO family,” says APCO Life Member and past APCO International President Gary David Gray.
Read full articleAPCO Webinar: Now Available for Viewing!
March 1, 2012On February 29, APCO International’s Government Relations team hosted a free webinar on Title VI of H.R. 3630; Middle Class…
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