The 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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Kanawha County, W.Va., Hopes to Patch Gaps in 9-1-1 Radio System
Kanawha County spent between $3 million and $4 million on digital radios for fire departments around the county in 2008, but coverage gaps are keeping most departments from using the equipment.
EFJohnson Awarded Order from Wise County for $1.5 Million Radio System
IRVING, Texas – August 29, 2011 – EF Johnson Technologies, Inc., one of the nation’s leading developers and manufacturers of mission critical communications technology for emergency responders, announced today that it has been awarded an order from Wise County (Texas) to install a new radio system that will enable the County to meet FCC narrowbanding [...]
New Digital Radio System Lets Palm Beach Dispatchers Vocalize Info More Quickly
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Gone are the old analog radios and scanners, available for years at Radio Shack. Palm Beach police now talk to each other on a digital telecommunications system called OpenSky, and Fire-Rescue will soon do the same. While some communities are feuding over its quality, Palm Beach is pleased with the OpenSky system’s performance, officials here said.
10 Years Later, N.Y. Responders Communicate Better
Sept. 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.
L.A. County Starting over on Emergency Communications System
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of millions in federal funds are at risk and years of planning are scrapped over concerns that the project’s nearly completed contract violates state rules on how it must be structured and awarded.
Counties Will Save $3 Million on 9-1-1 Switch
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. — Westmoreland County and two of its neighbors won’t have to pick up the tab on implementation of a new switching system for the 9-1-1 emergency dispatch system, and as a result, each will save nearly $1 million.
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Dispatching: A Profession or a Job?
- Naples City Council Bristle at Cost of New Radios; Suggest Officers Share
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FCC Says PSAPs Must Be Able to Receive 9-1-1 Texts
- Residents: Go Slow on Address Change
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Dyersville, Iowa, to Dump Dispatchers
- Kansas Dispatchers Help Save Lives under Stress
- Utah Man Ties Up 9-1-1 Line, Wants Ride Home from Walmart
- Atlantic County (N.J.) Working on Reverse 9-1-1 System
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General Dynamics Introduces New Portable Communications System Analyzer for Land Mobile Radio Systems
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Zetron’s MAX Dispatch Now Supports More Radio Types
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