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Bloomingdale Consolidating 9-1-1 Dispatch; Layoffs Are Expected
January 11, 2012Bloomingdale trustees voted Monday to consolidate the village’s 911 services with the Addison Police Department, saying it will save up to $230,000 a year.
Read full articleCan’t Find Radio Frequencies? Try TV Channel White Space
January 11, 2012Anyone—everyone—in public safety can benefit from TV white space for their voice and data radio communications needs. There just aren’t…
Read full articleVerizon Wireless and In Motion Technology Deliver 4G LTE Vehicle Area Network
January 11, 2012LAS VEGAS, BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and VANCOUVER, Canada – From the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Verizon Wireless and In Motion Technology announce the first wireless mobile router system available for securely extending the enterprise network to the vehicle over the world’s largest 4G LTE network.
Read full articlePCTEST Integrates Anritsu LTE RF Conformance and Supplementary RF Test System into Lab
January 11, 2012Richardson, TX – For Immediate Release – Anritsu Company and PCTEST Engineering Laboratory (PCTEST Lab) announce that PCTEST Lab has selected the Anritsu ME7873L RF Conformance Test System to enhance its offering of LTE test services. The selection of the ME7873L allows PCTEST Lab to offer LTE RF Conformance Test (CT) and LTE Supplementary RF testing to wireless carriers, OEMs and chipset companies for Carrier Acceptance Test (CAT).
Read full articleMTA New York City Transit and PowerTrunk Pilot TETRA LMR Network
January 11, 2012New York – January 10, 2012 – MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) and PowerTrunk, Inc. have successfully completed a TETRA land mobile radio (LMR) network pilot in New York City. The NYCT pilot demonstrates the multiple features and functionality of the TETRA digital technology.
Read full articleSprint Announces First Major Markets to Receive 4G LTE in 2012
January 11, 2012SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 5, 2012 –Sprint (NYSE: S) CEO Dan Hesse announced today at the annual Citigroup Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference that customers in Dallas, Atlanta, Houston and San Antonio are expected to be among the first to benefit from 4G LTE and improved 3G coverage in the first half of 2012.
Read full articleBrooks Internet Software Speeds 9-1-1 Responders, Improves Safety for Farmington Fire Department and Residents
January 11, 2012Idaho Falls, Idaho, January 11, 2012 — Brooks Internet Software, Inc., a leader in enterprise output management (EOM), today announced the Farmington NM Fire Department has deployed Brooks’ RPM Remote Print Manager®. RPM enables the Farmington FD to quickly send 9-1-1 call transcipts to first responders, arming them with critical details about the nature of each emergency and hazards that may be faced upon arrival. These text and email alerts reach about 500 emergency responders in the area, so they can respond faster, and better anticipate what resources will be required – improving safety for residents, and firefighters and other first responders, alike.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatchers Can Save More Lives by Coaching Bystanders in CPR
January 9, 2012Statement Highlights:
• Dispatchers should help 9-1-1 callers identify cardiac arrest victims and coach callers to provide immediate CPR.
• If more dispatchers followed these processes, thousands of lives could be saved every year.
• Communities should regularly evaluate 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers’ performance and the overall emergency response system, according to a new American Heart Association statement.
NYC’s New 9-1-1 Call Center Adopts Sept. 11 Changes
January 6, 2012NEW YORK (AP) — The city’s 911 operators are now able to give callers details about emergency events, reversing what the Sept. 11 Commission determined were flaws in a system that a decade ago denied people inside the burning World Trade Center potentially lifesaving information, officials said Thursday.
Read full articleNational Guard Plugs Communication Gap in Mississippi River Flooding
January 6, 2012Fort Collins, CO (January 5, 2011) – Severe Mississippi River flooding recently traumatized the citizens of Arkansas and Mississippi. Immediately,…
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