"Radio System"
Edmonton Awards Contract to Federal Engineering for Fire Rescue Radio System Migration Planning
May 13, 2013The City of Edmonton, Canada, capital of the Province of Alberta, has awarded Federal Engineering, Inc. a contract to evaluate options for the Edmonton Fire Rescue Services radio system and determine the best approach for migration onto the Alberta First Responders Radio Communications System.
Read full articleCassidian Communications Awards Contract to Avtec for P25 Dispatching Console System for City of Montréal
May 6, 2013Avtec announced that it has been granted a contract by Cassidian Communications to supply 63 consoles that will be used to provide emergency dispatching services for the more than three million residents who live in the city of Montréal, Canada and surrounding suburbs.
Read full articleAvtec and Etherstack Work Together To Provide A P25 CSSI Compliant Open Standard Radio Dispatch Communication Infrastructure Supporting 9-1-1 Call Centers in Southeastern Idaho
May 6, 2013Avtec and Etherstack are working together to enable four counties in southeastern Idaho to implement an open, standards-based, completely redundant and shared voice communication system for communicating with the counties’ Public Safety First Responders.
Read full articleMistakes by 9-1-1 Staff in D.C. Blamed on Training Shortfall
May 1, 2013A 9-1-1 dispatcher has no idea where a D.C. police officer is located when he radios that he’s been stabbed and has shot his attacker. An officer is put on standby for 25 minutes while seeking information on a suspect. A car chase turns chaotic when no one monitors the location of the vehicles involved.
Read full articleTelecommunicator Spotlight: Virginia Radio System Manager Lisa Thompson
April 5, 2013Lisa Thompson currently serves as the radio system manager, but she has vast experience in the communications arena, including dispatching.
Read full articleAeroflex and Bird Technologies Combine to Add New RF Test Capabilities to the Aeroflex 3550 Radio Test System
March 25, 2013Aeroflex Incorporated announced that it has added support for the through-line Bird Wideband Power Sensors to the industry leading 3550 Hand-held Radio Test System.
Read full articlePennsylvania’s Fastest Growing County Awards Harris Corp. $42 Million Contract to Modernize First Responder Communications
March 7, 2013Harris Corporation has received a $42 million contract from Chester County, Pennsylvania to deploy and maintain an emergency communications system that will deliver superior coverage, interoperability with surrounding radio systems and the capacity to meet future growth.
Read full articlePalisades Interstate Parkway Police Department, N.J., 1st to Migrate to Statewide Radio System
February 19, 2013The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department has become the first agency in New Jersey to migrate radio communications onto the new State of New Jersey P.S.I.C. system. The P.S.I.C. system, short for Public Safety Interoperable Communications, is a statewide trunking radio system which operates on the new 700 MHz public safety spectrum.
Read full articleCalif.: Riverside County Police End Radio Access
January 10, 2013Hobbyists who have enjoyed listening to scanners as deputies report dramatic details of the hunt for a bank robber or fleeing car pursuit will be shut out.
Read full articleMiami-Dade County Information Technology Department Successfully Migrates More Than 10,000 General Government Radio Communications Users to a Digital Radio System
January 9, 2013Miami-Dade County Information Technology Department has successfully transitioned more than 10,000 General Government radio communications users from an 18-year-old analog…
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