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York County OKs Contract Designed to Combat Turnover Among 9-1-1 Dispatchers
August 26, 2010By Carl Lindquist, The York Dispatch York County, Pa. — York County is trying to combat turnover and improve operations…
Read full articleA Crisis at the Heart of the PSAP
August 26, 2010The following article tells four stories about emergencies that struck at the heart of the comm center, from the perspective of those who were there and most closely affected. These compelling stories remind us that it’s not a matter of if but when an emergency will hit very close to home for comm center personnel.
Read full articleHIPAA Didn’t Kill the Radio Star
August 26, 2010The dawn of the age of HIPAA did not mark the demise of emergency medical dispatch (EMD) as we knew it. Nonetheless, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) did create some confusion regarding our traditional practices of communicating patient information over the radio airwaves.
Read full articleNlets PRISM Transactions
August 26, 2010The Performance and Registration Information Systems Management program was developed to reduce the number of commercial vehicle crashes. The program, which requires motor carriers to improve their identified safety deficiencies or face progressively more stringent sanctions, has proved effective. Nlets provides a transaction for law enforcement on these vehicles.
Read full article2011 APCO Conference Call for Papers
August 25, 2010The APCO International 77th Annual Conference & Exposition — August 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa. — is the largest gathering of public-safety communications officials and the premier event within this industry. The Call for Papers invites APCO International members, industry associates, business professionals and educators to submit a written presentation.
Read full article2011 APCO Western Regional Conference Call for Papers
August 25, 2010The 2011 APCO Western Regional Conference will be held at the Ontario (Calif.) Convention Center Feb. 7-9. Proposals for presentations…
Read full articlePinal County Sheriff’s Office Cuts Response Times for Service Calls
August 25, 2010Source: Arizona City Independent Staff Reports, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Pinal County, Ariz. — The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has…
Read full articleAPCO Standards Update
August 25, 2010Read about the latest success of the EAIE standard. Also review and comment on the candidate standard for minimum training for public safety telecommunicators.
Read full articleExternal Alarm Interface Exchange Celebrates Another Victory
August 24, 2010On Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 1:00 p.m. EST, the transmission method for the notification of alarm events from Vector Security, subsequent responses from the City of Richmond’s (Va.) 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), and bi‐directional updates from both entities were moved into a production environment using International Justice and Public Safety Network (Nlets) message “wrappers” around the payload, Nlets‐assigned message keys and the use of S‐ORI (originating agency identifiers) addresses for routing purposes.
Read full articleCity of McAllen Implements Citywide Surveillance Camera System
August 24, 2010Reston, Va. — Wi4Net, a division of CelPlan Technologies Inc. and a leading provider of integrated wireless broadband and video…
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