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Tait to provide 61-Site Trunked Radio Solution to U.S Utility
December 13, 2010December 6, 2010, Houston: Tait Radio Communications, global leader in providing radio solutions for utilities, will install and service a…
Read full articleGeoComm Participates in NENA’s ICE3 Event
December 13, 2010St. Cloud, Minn.: GeoComm participated in NENA ICE3, held in Bryan, Texas, the week of Nov. 29, 2010. The focus…
Read full articlePublic Safety Alliance Denounces 4G Coalition’s Effort to Rebrand Itself as Public Safety
December 13, 2010December 13, 2010, Alexandria, Va.: The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) reiterates the overwhelming and diverse national public safety organizational support…
Read full articleVirtual ID Links Patients, Rescuers
December 13, 2010Gold Cross, the the 9-1-1 emergency responder for Salt Lake City and Uintah County, is introducing a virtual medical identification card that allows individuals and families to provide information through a secure online web service in case of an emergency.
Read full articleDispatchers Want 9-1-1 Calls Exempt from Open Records Law
December 10, 2010Nashville, Tenn. — The state’s emergency dispatchers said Tuesday they want to exempt 9-1-1 audiotapes from Tennessee’s open records law to save distraught crime victims and their families from hearing their calls played in the media.
Read full articlePSAPs in an Internet Age
December 9, 2010As a comm center manager or director, have you considered what impact the use of the Internet has on your personnel and center? What’s its value, if any? On Dec. 8, APCO Institute Adjunct Instructor Mark Boudreaux addressed these issues and their policy considerations during an APCO Institute webinar.
Read full articleNG9-1-1 Technology Implementation: Assessing Operational Impact
December 9, 2010As PSAPs and 9-1-1 authorities draft technical requirements for implementing next generation networks, they must also assess how these changes will affect existing systems their personnel interact with. Technical changes, even if minor, may require modifications to operational procedures, staffing levels and training.
Read full articleAPCO AFC to Cease Coordination of New Part 90 Wideband Applications
December 9, 2010The FCC’s Part 90 interim narrowbanding deadline is Jan. 1, 2011, after which the FCC will no longer accept applications…
Read full articleRochester/Monroe County 9-1-1 Center Reaccredited
December 9, 2010Rochester, N.Y. — The Rochester/Monroe County (N.Y.) 9-1-1 Center has received its fourth accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement. The accreditation, received Nov. 20 at the CALEA Conference in California, followed a process to assure the center is meeting public safety standards.
Read full articleEmergency Access Advisory Committee Announcement of Members and Co-Chairpersons
December 9, 2010On Dec. 7, 2010, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the establishment, and appointment of members and Co-Chairpersons of the Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC), an advisory committee required by the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (the Accessibility Act).
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