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ELERTS Delivers Emergency Communications Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android
July 19, 2011BRAINTREE, Mass., July 20, 2011 — ELERTS, creators of an industry-first mobile platform for emergency notification, today announced the availability of its two-way mobile communication app that delivers critical information gathered from official sources and eyewitness reports. Available immediately in the iPhone/iPad App Store and via the Android Market, the ELERTS app provides the industry’s only crowdsourced smartphone platform for emergency alerting and management.
Read full articlePublic Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 51 Public Safety Regional Planning Committees to Hold 700 Mhz and 800 MHz NPSPAC Planning Meetings
July 19, 2011The Region 51 (Texas-Houston) 700 MHz and 800 MHz Public Safety Regional Planning Committee will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, July 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Captain Clint People’s Training Academy, 112 Academy Drive, Conroe, Texas.
Read full articleInteroperability: From 9/11 to Apps
July 19, 2011Chicago — One of the first lessons learned from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was that emergency service personnel must have integrated technology. Hundreds of police officers and firefighters died when the twin towers collapsed not because they had not been told to evacuate, but because they never heard the warning.
Read full articleMore Capacity: The Role of Picocells in LTE
July 18, 2011The proliferation of wireless devices capable of sending and receiving large amounts of data is straining commercial wireless networks. Smart phones, data cards and tablets with such applications as video sharing and conferencing, social networking and gaming consume more wireless network resources than phone calls and texts. Similarly, the increased use of novel public safety applications, such as video streaming, street cameras, automatic license plate recognition and the coming proliferation of sensors and M2M (machine-to-machine) devices, will increasingly strain public safety’s wireless networks.
Read full articleFriends, Co-workers Raise Money for Ailing Anderson Emergency Dispatcher
July 18, 2011Anderson County, S.C. — After suffering crushing headaches for two years and a pair of minor strokes, Leslie Albergotti recently underwent a CT scan that revealed a large brain tumor. Albergotti’s co-workers held a benefit for her Saturday at the county’s Centerville Fire Station on Sullivan Road. The event included a yard sale, car wash, barbecue plate sales and four auctions for flights on a LifeFlight helicopter.
Read full articleSouth San Francisco Agrees to Take 9-1-1 Calls for Pacifica
July 18, 2011The South San Francisco City Council approved an agreement Wednesday night to provide police dispatching to Pacifica, which can’t continue the service because of budget cuts.
Read full articleIn Dayton, Trivial Calls to 9-1-1 Costly to Taxpayers
July 18, 2011Dayton, Ohio — An annoying Chihuahua. A routine checkup. A basketball score. A date. These are not reasons to call 9-1-1. Emergency responders are being strained by such inappropriate calls to 9-1-1 and patients who want ambulance rides to hospitals when their medical ailments are less than dire, a Dayton Daily News investigation has found.
Read full articleSpectracom Announces Its New Netclock Master Clock for Public Safety
July 14, 2011Rochester, N.Y. — Spectracom announced its latest generation NetClock master clock for public safety organizations. The new model 9483 continues Spectracom’s legacy of highly accurate and reliable GPS master clock technology that is easy-to-install and manage backed by NetClock’s industry-leading 5-year warranty.
Read full article9-1-1 Industry Alliance to Partner with IJIS Institute
July 14, 2011Arlington, Va. — The 9-1-1 Industry Alliance (9IA) announced it has joined with the IJIS Institute and an array of organizations involved in justice, public safety and homeland security to jointly harness the expertise of industry in working toward improved public safety and emergency services.
Read full articleFCC Releases Public Notice with Guidance for Submission of Requests for Narrowbanding Waivers
July 14, 2011This Public Notice reminds licensees, frequency coordinators, equipment vendors, and other interested parties of the Federal Communications Commission’s Jan. 1, 2013 deadline for private land mobile radio services in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz (VHF/UHF) bands to migrate to narrowband (12.5 kHz or narrower) technology.
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