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Recent Events Justify Radio Upgrade
April 29, 2011Bloomington, Ill. — The recent cooperation between Twin City police departments on a series of FBI-led drug raids and planning for a weekend college party has demonstrated why the city of Bloomington needed to switch to Starcom 21 radio system, local officials said.
Read full articleFast Thinking, Action by State Police Dispatchers
April 29, 2011Worcester, Mass. — Massachusetts State Police 9-1-1 dispatchers Emily Mearian and Joseph Fantini, both of Worcester, were recognized at the Massachusetts State 9-1-1 Department’s fourth annual awards ceremony at Mechanics Hall yesterday.
Read full articleFCC Issues Notice about Meeting of Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee
April 29, 2011The notice, published in the Federal Register on April 28 states: “In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this document advises interested persons that the FCC Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) will hold its second meeting on May 24, 2011, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Communications Commission.”
Read full articleEnter the Cameras
April 29, 2011Prospect Park in Redlands, Calif., is a charming and beautiful wooded area that hosts the yearly Redlands Theatre Festival. But it wasn’t always a desirable place for an afternoon stroll or a place to spend Sundays with your family. For too long, the park was a prime location for drug-related crimes, but that was before “the cameras.”
Read full articleNew Radios Operational for Franklin County’s Emergency Responders
April 29, 2011Chambersburg, Pa. — Franklin County’s digital emergency communications system is in full operation, but the county will continue to simultaneously use the older analog system.
Read full articleBeach’s Proposed Budget Updates 9-1-1 Alert System
April 29, 2011Virginia Beach, Va. — When a gunman opened fire at an apartment building in Thalia in March 2008, killing or injuring five people, the city sent an automated message to neighborhood residents warning them to stay inside. The message, though, didn’t go out by cellphone or e-mail.
Read full articleLeaking Mass. House Dials 9-1-1 for Help
April 29, 2011Marblehead, Mass. — After months of enduring a leaking pipe that buckled its floors and sagged its ceilings, an empty Massachusetts house somehow called police for help. The Salem News reports the 911 call went out to police from a house in Marblehead on Wednesday after water short-circuited the phone system, apparently sparking the emergency call.
Read full articleFCC Ruling Opens U.S. Market for TETRA LMR
April 29, 2011New York, N.Y., April 28, 2011 — PowerTrunk fully supports the FCC ruling that allows U.S. business, industrial and transport sectors to deploy TETRA land mobile radio networks. PowerTrunk TETRA equipment has already been approved for sale in the U.S. and Canada by the FCC and Industry Canada.
Read full articleEventide Communications Logging Recorder Certified for Interoperability with Avtec Scout VoIP Console System
April 29, 2011Little Ferry, N.J., April 28, 2011 — Today, Eventide announced that Avtec, Inc., has certified Eventide’s communications logging recorders for integration with the Avtec Scout VoIP console system. Certification was achieved upon successful completion of interoperability testing at Avtec’s product integration testing facility.
Read full articlePublic Safety Technology Leaders Announce Unprecedented Support for NENA Next Generation 9-1-1 Architecture Interface Standard known as i3
April 29, 2011Arlington, Va., April 28, 2011—Today, eight leading vendors providing application and network functionality for public safety announced unprecedented collaboration in…
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