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The State of Interoperability 10 Years After 9/11
September 7, 2011By Ronald J. Levine, Chief, Foothill-De Anza College District Police, & David E. Kahn, CEO, Covia Labs Inc. The World…
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September 7, 2011Scottsdale, Arizona – Rural/Metro Corporation, a national leader in outsourced ambulance and fire protection services in 20 states and more…
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September 7, 2011In The Lancet 9-11 Anniversary Issue, experts in a variety of fields reflect on the events of 9/11, with orignial research, review and opinion pieces on the short-term and long-term physical, mental and public health consequences of the terrorist attacks. The research papers report on not only U.S. domestic health effects but some of the international consequences.
Read full articleA Decade After 9/11, Bay Area Emergency Responders Still Not on Same Radio Frequency
September 7, 2011Among 9/11’s most heartbreaking revelations was that the New York City police, firefighters and medical personnel who rushed into the burning Twin Towers couldn’t talk to each other by radio, leading to mass confusion and scores of unnecessary deaths. Yet a decade later, the nine-county Bay Area remains far from that goal.
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September 6, 2011The 9/11 attacks fundamentally changed the way emergency services personnel think about and respond to acts of terrorism. Today, although Osama bin Laden is dead, terrorism remains a threat to the U.S. and the possibility of another event like 9/11 cannot be discounted. For those in public safety, this means rethinking the “normal” way of doing business and learning from the lessons of the past.
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September 2, 2011Every year, Americans across our country pause to remember the thousands of lives lost on September 11, 2001, including the…
Read full articleAPCO Response to Release of 9/11 Commission Report Card
September 1, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 31, 2011 – In the wake of last week’s Virginia earthquake and Hurricane Irene, the Association…
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August 11, 2011Practice. Priorities. Spirit. These are the lessons Fire Department of New York Chief Richard Picciotto learned on Sept. 11, 2001, when he led one of the largest rescue operations in the history of the United States.
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August 10, 2011Sept. 11 was a convergence of the worst possible problems in communication technology — a jammed commercial network made cell phone use impossible. Police and firefighter radio networks were not compatible. But the main problem, the FDNY says, was the damage done to infrastructure called repeaters, which made radio signals work at the twin towers. That left many commanders and firefighters unable to talk to each other. Firefighters in the stairwells couldn’t hear the evacuation order and as a result, 343 died.
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June 2, 2011The APCO International Conference is a big deal. So help get the word out about the 2011 conference, and raise money for members of your agency to attend: Participate in APCO’s Get Your Agency to Philly campaign by July 1. Learn how last year’s winner, the Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office Communications Division, sent 11 staff members to the 2010 APCO conference in Houston.
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