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Itasca Might Consolidate 9-1-1 Dispatch
December 3, 2010Itasca, Ill. — About three dozen Itasca residents, volunteers, police officers and dispatchers spoke out Tuesday night against a proposal to consolidate the Itasca Police Department’s emergency dispatch center.
Read full articleSisters Trained in Emergency Radio Communications
December 3, 2010Ontario, Calif. — Julie Fernandez’s family is full of hams – amateur radio operators that is. Following the footsteps of her parents, Jack and Shirley Pattison, Fernandez and her sister Sharon Fradella have earned their ham radio licenses last May.
Read full articleSeattle PD Dispatchers Tweet about Stolen Cars
December 2, 2010This week, the Seattle Police Department has begun using Twitter to disseminate information about stolen vehicles. The new protocol directly affects 9-1-1 center personnel, who have the task of tweeting the information.
Read full articleBored Man Calls in Fake Murder to 9-1-1
December 2, 2010Clarksville, Tenn. — A Clarksville man called 9-1-1 three times Sunday night to report a murder and stabbing, setting off a four-hour, three-agency manhunt involving search dogs and a helicopter. The report was a hoax.
Read full articleGrants from OnStar May Assist EMS in Predicting Injury Severity
December 1, 2010OnStar is enhancing its core safety focus. In coordination with the GM Foundation, OnStar is providing a grant of $500,000 to the International Center for Automotive Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System for research related to the prediction of injury severity level after a crash.
Read full articleNational 9-1-1 Education Month
December 1, 2010Rather than reinvent the wheel, the National 9-1-1 Education Month Coalition (NENA, APCO, the E9-1-1 Institute, NAED, and others) would like to tap the creativity that already exists. Let us know what has already been done in your area with regard to 9-1-1 educational messaging, themes, slogans and/or logos. There are three questions that will take just a few minutes of your time to answer and help us to better promote 9-1-1 awareness. …
Read full articleAPCO Announces First CALEA Public Safety Communications Accreditation Manager Training Course
December 1, 2010Dec. 1, 2010, Alexandria, Va.: On Jan. 26, 2011, the APCO Institute will conduct the first CALEA Public Safety Communications…
Read full articleMotorola Solutions Announces New Board of Directors Effective Jan. 4
December 1, 2010SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 1, 2010 – On Jan. 4, 2011, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT – News) will change its name…
Read full articleA Master Plan
December 1, 2010Business experts have long considered strategic planning a necessary tool for success, but we suspect that few comm centers develop and implement meaningful strategic plans. Strategic planning is rooted in future-oriented, proactive thinking that anticipates change and adopts long-term strategies to meet the demands of that change. In other words, it is a “master plan” for your comm center.
Read full articleLifeBot Signs Option for DREAMS: The $14 Million, Advanced ‘Super Ambulance’ Emergency EMS Telemedicine System Developed with U.S. Army Materiel Command
December 1, 2010Considered by many to be the most highly developed ambulance to hospital EMS telemedicine communications system ever deployed, DREAMS is the first and only system to provide fully interactive simultaneous “live” transmissions of video and critical patient data. The system in essence brings hospital specialists to the scene giving doctors and nurses a virtual telepresence to collaborate in saving lives and managing disasters in real time, on the “battlefield,” at home or abroad.
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