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Ramsey County Rolls Out New 9-1-1 Form
February 15, 2011Minneapolis — Ramsey County is rolling out a new program aimed at improving emergency services to its mentally and physically disabled residents: a form with medical information that will be relayed to first-responders before they arrive at a 911 call.
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February 15, 2011San Mateo County, Calif. — Sometimes the search for food, shelter and other basic necessities can end in frustration. Navigating the myriad of telephone numbers, automated directories, search engines and social service agencies can be confusing when you need help the most. But now there is a place to turn to in San Mateo County that can help.
Read full articleArea’s Quilt of Districts Hampered Communications for Jan. 8 Response
February 15, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — The nearest fire engine with medical responders never was called to the scene of the Jan. 8 mass shootings at Ina and Oracle roads. The reason: It was a Rural/Metro firetruck, but the shootings occurred just across the street from its jurisdiction in Northwest Fire District territory.
Read full articlePima Works on Comm System to Cross Boundaries
February 15, 2011Tucson, Ariz. — For almost a decade now Pima County has been working to implement a $104 million Regional Emergency Communications Program that would let every police officer, sheriff’s deputy and firefighter in the county talk to one another.
Read full articleState Wants to Block Cell Phones in Prisons
February 15, 2011Sacramento, Calif. — California prison officials seized nearly 11,000 cell phones last year, some used to arrange extortions and assaults, others used by the likes of cult killer Charles Manson to connect with the outside world after more than four decades behind bars.
Read full articleIndustry Veteran Earns Talley Inc. Award
February 15, 2011Los Angeles, CA (February 11, 2011) – Hal Wooden, Vice President of Sales at Talley Inc. and a wireless industry…
Read full articleMorgan County 9-1-1 Dispatchers Get New PlantCML Call Processing System for Valentine’s Day
February 15, 2011TEMECULA, Calif., February 14, 2011– The Morgan County, Ala., Emergency Management Communication District (MCEMCD) 9-1-1 upgraded their existing 9-1-1 equipment…
Read full articleLightSquared Next-Generation Satellite and Space-Based Network Successfully Completes Post Launch Testing
February 14, 2011RESTON, Va., February 14, 2011 – LightSquared, the nation’s first wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network, today announced the…
Read full articleAustralian Ambulance Communications Taken Down by Computer Virus
February 14, 2011AUSTRALIA — The New South Wales government said today that it was launching an investigation into how a computer virus…
Read full articleAeroflex PXI Test System Boosts Production Test Speeds by 5X for Mobile Access Devices
February 11, 2011STEVENAGE, UK—February 11, 2011—Aeroflex Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), announced today that by deploying its…
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