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Fired Florida Dispatcher Will Get Job Back
December 8, 2010North Port, Fla. — Arbitrator says city is inconsistent in discipline of 9-1-1 calltakers. The police dispatcher fired for failing to send help to a crash victim who was found dead hours later is getting her job back, along with a year’s back pay.
Read full articleSan Marcos, Hays 9-1-1 Calls Restored
December 8, 2010By Guillermo X. Garcia, San Antonio Express-News Staff Original publication date: Dec. 6 San Marcos County, Texas — Emergency call…
Read full articleFCC Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council Announces Fourth Meeting
December 8, 2010In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the FCC Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council will hold its fourth meeting on December 13, 2010, at 9 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Communications Commission.
Read full articleFDM Records Management System Passes Ogden City Fire Department Procedures
December 8, 2010The Ogden City Fire Department is very vigilant in evaluating departmental processes to ensure efficient operations while providing a high…
Read full articleHarris Corp. Awarded a $15 Million Contract to Modernize Regional Public Safety Communications System in Monterey County, California
December 8, 2010Salinas, Calif./Boston, Ma. — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, was awarded a $15 million contract…
Read full articleBullBerry Systems Inc. Provides Geospatial Routing Technologies for Next Generation 9-1-1
December 8, 2010Bryant, Texas — BullBerry Systems Inc. (BBSI), a 9-1-1 software and GIS data services company, recently participated in the 3rd…
Read full articleFCC Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau Launches New Webpage Dedicated to Narrowbanding Public Safety Communications
December 7, 2010With the Jan., 1, 2013 narrowbanding compliance deadline approaching, the FCC has launched a new Web site dedicated to providing information and assistance to licensees migrating their land mobile radio systems from 25 kHz to 12.5 kHz or narrower channel bandwidth.
Read full articlePowertrunk Obtains Type Approval for Tetra Subscriber & Mobile Units
December 7, 2010New York City, N.Y. — PowerTrunk Inc., a global leader in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) design, manufacture and implementation has been…
Read full articleAurora (Ill.) 9-1-1 Dispatch Goes Super High-Tech
December 6, 2010Aurora, Ill. — The difference between the old and new Aurora dispatch centers is like night and day for 9-1-1 operators, but residents who call for help won’t notice a thing. And that’s how police and fire officials want it.
Read full articleDispatcher Did All She Could in Triple Killing
December 3, 2010Even when following proper procedure, there is no guarantee that a cell phone caller can be found. Police officers can do only so much when an anonymous 9-1-1 call comes from a cell phone, as was the case with a woman who was found stabbed to death last week.
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