"Dispatch"
Asnuntuck Community College Launches Public Safety Dispatch Program
September 9, 2014Asnuntuck Community College (ACC) has launched the Public Safety Dispatch & Continuing Dispatch Education (PSD & CDE) Program to ultimately yield a large pool of professionals in Connecticut with expertise in this area of public safety telecommunications.
Read full articleTelecommunicator’s Dedication Shines in Wake of Tornado
April 24, 20149-1-1 telecommunicator Katrina Gutwein learned her house was damaged by a tornado, and still kept working for nearly two hours.
Read full articleZetron’s New Dispatch Portal Will Link 47 Comm Centers across Japan
February 26, 2014Zetron’s new MAX Dispatch Portal is being deployed at 47 communication centers for a company in Japan. The project demonstrates how the Portal can be used to support and unify the large-scale deployment of multiple MAX Dispatch systems for a single, geographically diverse organization.
Read full articleWith Study Delayed, EMS Change in Limbo
May 1, 2013In a move that may head off a legal battle, Pinellas County officials are set to delay a controversial change to the county’s 911 medical-emergency system until at least the middle of July.
Read full articleConnecticut: 9-1-1 Upgrade Centralizes Dispatch
March 11, 2013The new update was more difficult because it had to be done while the room was still functioning as a 9-1-1center.
Read full articlePinellas County, Fla., Improves Fire Station Alerting
January 24, 2013Being awakened in the middle of a deep sleep by an urgent fire station alerting tone is never fun. But research indicates it could have serious effects on firefighters’ health, too. Although alerting is a necessary component of fire station life, one county is exploring ways it can be customized so that crews are only woken or notified when they’re truly needed to respond.
Read full articleOhio: New Dispatching Service Totals Decrease for Most
November 20, 2012Renewal contracts for dispatching services were sent out last week to villages, townships and fire district boards currently receiving those services from the Justice Center Communications Center.
Read full articleIndiana 9-1-1 Center Will Need $1 Million Phone System for City-County Dispatch
August 23, 2012Fort Wayne and Allen County’s new $17 million emergency dispatch system will also need a new $1 million phone system — all while a deadline looms to find a new location for the department.
Read full articleSouth Bend (Ind.) Police Dispatch Center May Get Updated Equipment
August 22, 2012Madeline Buckley, South Bend Tribune SOUTH BEND, Ind. — After touring the police department’s communications center for its Monday meeting,…
Read full article9-1-1 Upgrade in the Works in Ohio County
August 22, 2012Josh Jarman, The Columbus Dispatch – A technology upgrade planned for the Franklin County 911 dispatch center will lay the…
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