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March 6, 2012LAS VEGAS (IWCE, Motorola Solutions Booth #5001) – Feb. 22, 2012 – Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI), today announced the…
Read full articleThales Launches LTE Solution for U.S. Public Safety Community
March 6, 2012Arlington, VA – February 23, 2012 – Thales announced today the launch of its new end-to-end integrated and distributed Long…
Read full articleIAFC and NVFC Join Forces for 2012 Safety and Health Week
March 6, 2012February 21, 2012 – The International Association of Fire Chiefs and the National Volunteer Fire Council announced today that Rules…
Read full articleDispatcher Recounts Call from Downed Pilot
March 5, 2012As a dispatcher for Itawamba County’s 911 system, Brown is accustomed to receiving all kinds of strange calls. But this one was even more off-kilter than normal. “(The caller) was out of breath and gasping, ‘Plane crash; plane crash,'” Brown said. “I told him he was going to have to calm down, steady himself and take deep breaths.”
Read full articleDispatcher Helps Los Angeles Firefighters Rescue Woman Trapped in Apartment Fire
March 5, 2012LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles firefighters rescued a 19-year-old woman trapped inside her burning second-floor apartment in the San…
Read full articleFrom Faux Phone, a Chilling Threat
March 1, 2012SARASOTA COUNTY – It is the 21st-century version of the crank phone call, except it is far more serious, expensive and potentially dangerous.
Read full article‘Is There a Doctor in the House?’
February 29, 2012“Is there a doctor in the house?” This popular phrase has been tossed around since at least the 1930s. We all know what it means: Someone nearby is having a medical emergency, and they may not have time to wait for paramedics to arrive. What does the 21st Century version of this call for help sound like? Perhaps, “Is there an AED in the house?”
Read full articlePublic Safety and Homeland Security Bureau; Federal Advisory Committee Act; Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council
February 28, 2012SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)…
Read full articleRuidoso, N.M., Residents Want Communication Redundancy
February 28, 2012After two interruptions to Internet and some other communications services in the Ruidoso area already this year, some are seeking a resolution to the situation.
Read full articleMesilla Trustees Approve Contract with Comcast
February 28, 2012Mesilla town government is going to “bundle” with Comcast in the hopes of saving a bundle.
Town trustees voted 4-0 Monday to approve a three-year contract with Comcast to switch telephone service at Mesilla Town Hall and the town’s Public Safety Building from CenturyLink to Comcast. The agreement is expected to save Mesilla more than 38 percent of what town government is currently spending every month on its phone bill.
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