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Fort Worth EOC Deploys WebEOC for 2011 Super Bowl & Ice Event
February 11, 2011AUGUSTA, Ga., Feb. 11, 2011 — The city of Fort Worth, Texas, the 17th largest city in the United States,…
Read full articlePublic Safety Alliance Receives Warm, Bipartisan Reception
February 11, 2011February 11, 2011, Alexandria, Va. – The PSA leadership came to the nation’s capital once again this week to ask…
Read full articleTerry Halls Speaks at Cassidian (EADS) User Conference in Seville, Spain
February 11, 2011On Wednesday, Jan. 26, APCO Second Vice President Terry Hall, director of Emergency Communications for York County, Va., was a…
Read full articleLoudon 9-1-1 Trains to Find Kids
February 11, 2011Loudon, Tenn. — For three hours, a Loudon couple could not locate their 10-year-old son. He had disappeared from their home. So they frantically dialed 9-1-1.
Read full articleRPI Fire Dispatch Criticized
February 11, 2011Troy, N.Y. — Firefighters said an RPI dispatcher gave them the wrong address to fight an on-campus arson Tuesday night, delaying their response by 30 minutes.
Read full articleThoughts from Around the Room
February 11, 2011For APCO International, its inaugural Technology Roundtable, held Feb. 9 in Ontario, Calif., and sponsored by TeleCommunication Systems Inc., succeeded in creating an open and dynamically evolving dialogue among 13 public safety communications leaders on the topics they wanted to discuss.
Read full articleViews from the West
February 11, 2011Approximately 600 public safety communications professionals from across the Western Region of the U.S. — representing every state — gathered in Ontario, Calif., this week for the 2011 APCO International Western States Regional Conference.
Read full articleNICE Opens Nominations for 2011 PSAPs’ Finest Awards
February 11, 2011NICE Systems today announced that nominations for its 2011 PSAPs’ Finest Awards are now open. The awards recognize individuals for their exceptional performance and contributions to the field of Public Safety communications. Each year, winners are selected in four PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) categories: Director, Line Supervisor, Technician, and Telecommunicator of the year. NICE will announce the winners at APCO 2011 this August.
Read full articleCSSI Testing Strengthens Zetron’s Position as Leading Provider of P25-Compliant Dispatch Systems
February 11, 2011Zetron has successfully tested with both EADS and Auria Wireless networks the TIA P25 Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) utilized in its Advanced Communications Console System (Acom).
Read full articleOEC Hires Region IV Regional Coordinator
February 11, 2011The Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) has a new Regional Coordinator (RC), John MacLean. John will represent Region IV (FL,…
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