"Radio"
WyoLink in Need of Millions in Upgrades, Maintenance
January 18, 2012WyoLink is the statewide public safety system that is used to coordinate and integrate communication between state, local and federal agencies. State officials says the program needs a one-time upgrade costing $6.3 million and up to $3.2 million in recurring costs.
Read full articleMaintenance of Franklin County Emergency Radio System
January 18, 2012By Jim Hook, Senior writer, Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) FRANKLIN COUNTY — The county will spend nearly $500,000 this year…
Read full articleCan’t Find Radio Frequencies? Try TV Channel White Space
January 11, 2012Anyone—everyone—in public safety can benefit from TV white space for their voice and data radio communications needs. There just aren’t…
Read full articleEffort Underway to Upgrade WCO’s Radios
January 3, 2012You might think, in this age of instant access, that all law enforcement officers are outfitted equally, equipment-wise. You’d be wrong.
Read full articleNorwich Residents Told New Radio Tower Needed
December 15, 2011Norwich — Norwich has a problem, and it isn’t alone. “This problem is being faced right now by every fire, police and public works department in the United States,” interim Town Manager said Neil Fulton.
Read full articleHigh Desert, Calif., Emergency Operations Center Budget Skyrockets
December 8, 2011The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday [Dec. 6] agreed to increase the construction budget of the High Desert Public Safety Operations Center in Hesperia by 45 percent. … It includes a $4.75 million 800-megahertz radio upgrade project.
Read full articleCounty Trip to Look at Public Safety Radios
December 2, 2011Tim Hrenchir, Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas) Six Shawnee County representatives will make a two-day visit this month to Richardson, Texas, to…
Read full articleFort Wayne, Ind.: City, County Hash Out Bids for Radio System
November 17, 2011Bids for a new city-county emergency radio system are being evaluated and city and county officials expect a recommendation and decision by the end of the year. Members of the Multi-Agency Communications Partnership, a city- county board that oversees the radio system, met Tuesday to discuss the status of the bid process for the new radio system, which has been estimated to cost from $10 million to more than $24 million.
Read full articleFeds: Poor Communication Before Firefighter Deaths
September 27, 2011A federal agency has found that poor communications and too few radios contributed to the deaths of two Chicago firefighters killed last year when an abandoned building collapsed. … In Chicago radios are provided to one member of each team of two or three firefighters, Langford said. Each firefighter will be provided a radio next year, when, according to the Office of Emergency Management and Communication, a new digital radio system will be put in place.
Read full articleAdams County Enters Radio Talks
September 27, 2011The Adams County, Pa., commissioners recently approved entering talks with three companies, each of which would provide a different portion of a new, multi-million dollar digital radio system to replace the antiquated analog radios used by the county’s emergency responders.
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