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FCC Takes Action on Automatic Location Accuracy Requirements for 9-1-1 Calls
July 12, 2011APCO International applauds the FCC for moving forward to strengthen and consolidate its automatic location accuracy requirements for cellular 9-1-1 calls in today’s Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on 9-1-1 issues.
Read full articleReview of the Emergency Alert System
June 22, 2011The FCC seeks comment on proposed changes to its rules governing the Emergency Alert System to codify the obligation to process alert messages formatted in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and to streamline and clarify these rules generally to enhance their effectiveness.
Read full articleFEMA, FCC Announce Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System
June 10, 2011Washington, D.C. — June 9, 2011 — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s FEMA and the FCC will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. EST and may last up to three and a half minutes.
Read full articleFCC Announces Agenda for Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee
May 23, 2011On April 21, 2011, the FCC announced that it’s Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will hold its second meeting on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at FCC Headquarters. A meeting agenda is provided.
Read full articleFCC Issues Notice about Meeting of Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee
April 29, 2011The notice, published in the Federal Register on April 28 states: “In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this document advises interested persons that the FCC Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will hold its second meeting on May 24, 2011, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Communications Commission.”
Read full articleFCC Ruling Opens U.S. Market for TETRA LMR
April 29, 2011New York, N.Y., April 28, 2011 — PowerTrunk fully supports the FCC ruling that allows U.S. business, industrial and transport sectors to deploy TETRA land mobile radio networks. PowerTrunk TETRA equipment has already been approved for sale in the U.S. and Canada by the FCC and Industry Canada.
Read full articleIs $27M for Radios Necessary?
April 27, 2011St. Augustine, Fla. — St. Johns County plans to spend $27 million to upgrade its radio system, a move it has said is prompted by a Federal Communications Commission order with a 2013 deadline. However, there is no order requiring the county to go to a brand new system, which county officials now acknowledge.
Read full articleFirst-Ever National EAS Test Could Flood PSAPs
April 27, 20119-1-1 centers could experience a strong burst of calls when the first-ever national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) is conducted later this year. During the national EAS test, no matter where citizens tune, they will hear the same EAS tones and message. Public overreaction is a distinct possibility.
Read full articleFCC Announces Meeting of the Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee Scheduled for May 24
April 22, 2011The Federal Communications Commission, consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, announces that the FCC’s Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will hold its second meeting on Tuesday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m. The PSAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that will provide recommendations to assist the Commission and the Emergency Response Interoperability Center (ERIC) in developing a technical interoperability framework for a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network
Read full articleFCC Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn Addresses the Women of APCO International
April 21, 2011On April 14, attendees of APCO International’s 2011 Women in Public Safety Communications Leadership Conference had the opportunity to hear FCC Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn speak on topics important to their lives and careers in public safety communications.
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