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Zetron Provides Acom P25 System to U.S. Dept. of Commerce NTIA Institute for Telecommunication Sciences

As part of its commitment to open standards, Zetron is supplying its Acom EVO P25 console system to the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) at Boulder, Colorado. Personnel at ITS will use the system to learn and understand how a console system operates within a P25 network. They will also use it to develop P25-complicance assessment tests. The Acom system will remain at the site through Jan. 30, 2013.

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Calls Show Residents Panicked Over Colo. Wildfire

DENVER (AP) — A woman believed killed in last week’s devastating Colorado wildfire called 911 soon after the fire broke out, and authorities said Wednesday her call, along with that of a couple later found dead at their burned home, were among the early ones dispatchers received reporting the blaze.

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Mapping Glitch Blamed for No Colo. Fire Warnings

DENVER (AP) — Software that failed to recognize a community name and a discrepancy between coordinates on Google maps and a mapping system are being blamed for the failure to alert some residents to a deadly Colorado wildfire.

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Colo. Sheriff: There Were Problems with Fire Warnings

CONIFER, Colo. (AP) — Authorities said Friday that they were investigating problems with an emergency notification system because some residents who had signed up to get wildfire warnings never got one.

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Colo. Girl Escapes Apparent Kidnapper, Calls 9-1-1

DENVER (AP) – A missing 9-year-old girl escaped from an apparent kidnapper and called 9-1-1 herself from a convenience store in Colorado Springs on Friday.

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New Call Center Will Provide 9-1-1 Backup

After months of meetings among El Paso County’s top lawmen, the agency that handles the region’s 911 has decided to spend $3.5 million on a backup call center.

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Teton Interagency Fire Reduces Mobile Command Costs

Fort Collins, CO (December 8, 2011) – In today’s grim budget environment, every fire dollar counts. When the Red Rock and Gray Hills fires combined to ravage 12,000 acres in the remote Gros Ventre Wilderness, Teton Interagency Fire responded.

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