Suwanee, GA: Kenwood recently donated 50professional LMR mobiles and amateur radios to the City of Tuscaloosa, Ala. In accepting the radios, Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox indicated that the radios would be used in their city’s emergency response efforts for what has become one of the worst tornadoes in Alabama history. Kenwood is a worldwide provider [...]
Tag Archives: In-Field Communications
Obama Pays Respects at Ground Zero
NEW YORK — Marking Osama bin Laden’s death where the terrorist inflicted his greatest damage, President Barack Obama soberly laid a wreath Thursday at New York’s ground zero and declared, “When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say.”
Australian Ambulance Communications Taken Down by Computer Virus
AUSTRALIA — The New South Wales government said today that it was launching an investigation into how a computer virus took down the paramedic service’s computer-aided dispatch system on Saturday, Feb. 12. The service reverted to a paper routing system. Learn more. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Fort Worth EOC Deploys WebEOC for 2011 Super Bowl & Ice Event
AUGUSTA, Ga., Feb. 11, 2011 — The city of Fort Worth, Texas, the 17th largest city in the United States, purchased, configured, trained and successfully deployed WebEOC® emergency management software from ESi in 3-1/2 months, just in time for the 2011 Super Bowl and an unexpected snow and ice storm in the days leading up [...]
OEM Micro Anticipates 10 Year Anniversary in the Public Safety Industry with Fort Wayne Police Department
Fort Wayne, Ind. — OEM Micro Solutions celebrates nine years in the public safety technology industry with their first and largest client, the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Police Department. OEM Micro Solutions has been providing public safety agencies with advanced mobile electronic systems including mobile computers and digital video systems since 2001 when Fort Wayne became the first customer.
Rockwell Collins Delivers iForce Integrated Public Safety Vehicle Solution to California Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Rockwell Collins is delivering its iForce integrated public safety vehicle solution to the California Highway Patrol as part of the Consolidated Patrol Vehicle Environment program. Rockwell Collins has delivered more than 2,800 systems to date, with over 3,500 systems expected to be delivered by early 2011. The Rockwell Collins iForce solution features [...]
Going Mobile
It’s no longer astounding that an officer in a patrol car has the ability to receive a dispatch call or access a subject’s arrest record via computer. But how about an officer in Arkansas finding a missing person only hours after an Oklahoma department posts the report? Cutting-edge departments are pressing the boundaries of what’s possible with mobile data systems.
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Don’t Procrastinate … The FCC’s Narrowband Deadline Is Almost Here!
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Dispatching: A Profession or a Job?
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FCC Says PSAPs Must Be Able to Receive 9-1-1 Texts
- Naples City Council Bristle at Cost of New Radios; Suggest Officers Share
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Duty-Related Trauma Exposure in 9-1-1 Telecommunicators
- Residents: Go Slow on Address Change
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Don’t Procrastinate … The FCC’s Narrowband Deadline Is Almost Here!
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Protect Your PSAP Applications from Downtime
- Senate Confirms Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai as New FCC Commissioners
- N.M. Governor Unveils Wildfire-Warning System
- FCC Reviews Rules Governing the Emergency Alert System
- S. Elgin Dispatch Switch Smooth So Far
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