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Poor Cell Phone Service Worries First Maine Responders
December 17, 2010East Millinocket, Maine — On Dec. 1, a pregnant woman was involved in a car accident in a snowstorm so bad that Fire Chief Les Brown told other emergency responders to turn back. The woman appeared to be OK, but Brown wanted to double-check her condition with a doctor and to ensure patient the privacy, Brown used his cell phone to call the doctor, but couldn’t get a signal.
Read full articleConnecting Mt. Blue
December 16, 2010A Maine mountaintop is slated to be the site of a unique communications tower that combines a 1944-style structure with modern microwave technology. The planned Mt. Blue tower is part of Maine’s statewide communications consolidation project, which will incorporate the FCC’s narrowbanding mandate.
Read full articleJasper County 9-1-1 Board & Family Thank Local 9-1-1 Dispatcher
December 16, 2010Carthage, Mo. — Brandi Rush was prepared for a big morning on Oct. 29. She was nine-months pregnant and she was slated to go to the hospital at 5 a.m. that day so her doctor could induce her labor, but baby Baylor had other ideas.
Read full articleCommandScope Emergency Pre-Plan Program Protects Three Chicago High-Rise Buildings
December 16, 2010Chicago — RealView, LLC, a Microsoft Partner providing mobile inspection and emergency pre-plan programs for office buildings, fire departments, hospitality,…
Read full articleVisionAIR Announces Changes in Positioning for Growth
December 16, 2010Castle Hayne, N.C. — VisionAIR, provider of the integrated Public Safety Suite of software, announces changes to position the company…
Read full articlePasco County, Fla., Upgrades to Next Generation Ready Emergency 9-1-1 Call Processing Solution from PlantCML
December 16, 2010Temecula, Calif. — The Pasco County, Fla., Emergency Communications/9-1-1 Center recently upgraded its emergency call centers to the next generation…
Read full articleThe Lost Art of Delegation
December 15, 2010You’ve been the operations coordinator for about a year, and you feel like you can never seem to get through your weekly to-do list. One day during a gripe session with the director, you tell her this. She says, “Why don’t you delegate the scheduling to Joe.” Seeing an uncomfortable look come across your face, she asks, “You aren’t afraid to delegate, are you?”
Read full articleLeading Public Safety Associations Announce Open Nominations for 9-1-1 Honor Awards
December 15, 2010Washington, D.C .– The E9-1-1 Institute, NENA, APCO International, NASNA and 9-1-1 Industry Alliance announced the opening of nominations for the 2011 9-1-1 Honor Awards, which bestows the awards each year to honor heroes and leaders in 9-1-1. The 2011 awards ceremony will take place at the 9-1-1 Honors Gala on Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
Read full articleLas Cruces Suffers 3-hour Internet & Phone Outage
December 15, 2010Las Cruces, N.M. — Though it could have been dangerous, calm prevailed over calamity as Las Cruces was affected Tuesday by a major communications failure. Two Qwest Communications fiber-optic cables were severed at a construction site 19 miles south of Socorro, N.M., about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, and at another construction site near Tijeras, just north of Albuquerque. The cuts shut down telephone, Internet and most other communications services for thousands of New Mexicans for more than three hours Tuesday.
Read full articleScrambled Signals on Emergency System
December 14, 2010San Francisco — In the years following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration began providing funds to upgrade local emergency communications systems around the country. But agencies in the Bay Area are not on the same wavelength when it comes to signing up for this program.
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