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New CPR Guidelines
October 18, 2010Two of the three pillars of CPR — opening a distressed person’s airway and providing mouth-to-mouth breathing — turn out to be not so essential when it comes to saving the life of someone in cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation should begin with forceful chest compressions to keep the blood circulating through the body, according to new guidelines released today by the American Heart Association. And people who haven’t been trained in CPR need not bother with providing air-passage clearance and mouth-to-mouth breathing at all, the group said.
Read full articleStates Use Canines to Find Cell Phones in Prisons
October 18, 2010They’ve been finding hidden bombs, drugs and corpses for years, using their sense of smell to locate what their human handlers would otherwise have to see in plain sight. Now dogs are being deployed in prisons to help curb one of the most serious problems confronting corrections officials: smuggled cell phones.
Read full articleFire Response Not Povided Because Family Did Not Pay Annual Fee
October 15, 2010The debate over who’s responsible for the destruction at the Cranick place is no simple one. When Cranick called 9-1-1, the dispatcher told him that she’d send help right away. Ten minutes later, she said firefighters were not coming after all — because the family had not paid the city its annual $75 fire protection fee.
Read full articleInteragency Communications Top Objective of Local Responders
October 15, 2010By Tom Berry, Murray Ledger & Times Staff Writer Murray, Ky. — Calloway County emergency response officials are continuing efforts…
Read full articlePublic Safety Communications Announces 2010 Hot Products
October 15, 2010San Diego, Calif. — Public Safety Communications (PSC), a monthly publication published by Elsevier Public Safety on behalf of the…
Read full articlePersonal 9-1-1 App from Chill List
October 15, 2010Austin, Texas — Chill List, a new iPhone application, uses social networking to boost the power of 911 emergency communications. …
Read full articleL.R. Kimball Supports Reallocating the D Block to Public Safety
October 14, 2010Ebensburg, Pa. — L.R. Kimball, (www.lrkimball.com) a Pennsylvania-based architecture, engineering and communications technology firm, today announced its support for reallocation of…
Read full articleLightSquared Launches Emergency Rapid Response Team
October 13, 2010Reston, Va. — LightSquared, the nation’s first wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network, today announced the formation of an…
Read full articleCCCDA Won’t Collect 9-1-1 Fees Yet
October 13, 2010Marshall, Mich. — The authority in charge of collecting 9-1-1 dispatch service fees from a reluctant Emmett Township agreed Tuesday to not immediately collect money owed by the township.
Read full articleNinnekah & Grady County Feud over 9-1-1
October 13, 2010Chickasha, Okla. — Grady County cannot legally keep the City of Ninnekah from moving its 9-1-1 lines and dispatch services from the county to the City of Chickasha.
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