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Hughes, the AHC and the Working Group Announce a Data Sharing Partnership

November 14, 2014

Lessons learned from SuperStorm Sandy response activities to aid in future disaster preparedness and response.

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Surviving Sandy: Lessons from the Superstorm

August 18, 2013

On Sunday, Aug. 18, APCO 2013 attendees had the opportunity to attend an educational session titled Surviving Sandy: Lessons from the Superstorm.

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FCC Takes Action to Ensure Reliability of Calls to 9-1-1 During Times of Emergency; Adopts Key Recommendations from Inquiry into Widespread 9-1-1 Failures During 2012 Derecho Storm

March 21, 2013

The Federal Communications Commission today proposed action to improve the reliability and resiliency of America’s 9-1-1 communications networks, especially during disasters, by ensuring that service providers implement vital best practices in network design, maintenance, and operation. The Commission also proposed amending its rules to clarify how service providers can more effectively and uniformly notify 9-1-1 call centers of communications outages and cooperate to restore service as quickly as possible.

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APCO International Commends FCC Report on Derecho Impact

January 10, 2013

Alexandria, VA – Today, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released its anticipated report and…

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Industry

NY-TERT Response to Hurricane Sandy

December 20, 2012

The weather phenomena most New York residents are unfamiliar with is the hurricane, which our state has seen the effects of twice in the past two years. These two hurricanes, Irene in 2011 and Sandy in 2012, generated multiple requests for TERT assistance from PSAPs and emergency communications centers across the state.

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Zetron Donates $4.5K to Northwest Response Hurricane Sandy Relief

December 20, 2012

Zetron, its president and employees donated $4.5K to Northwest Response: Hurricane Relief to support the Red Cross’s Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

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Sandy May Delay Broadband

December 6, 2012

Superstorm Sandy caused “significant damage” to a new fiber-optic Internet network being built in West Virginia with $126.3 million in federal stimulus funds, according to a letter released by the state Office of Technology on Wednesday.

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New York: By the Numbers

November 20, 2012

Since Hurricane Sandy struck New York, FEMA has approved more than $449 million to help individuals and families recover from the disaster.

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Verizon, AT&T Say Cell Network Back up After Sandy

November 15, 2012

Verizon and AT&T said Thursday that their wireless networks are fully back up after Superstorm Sandy blew into the New York and New Jersey on Oct. 29.

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Superstorm Sandy Floods New York City with Duplicate Calls

November 7, 2012

Superstorm Sandy flooded the city’s new $2 billion 9-1-1 system with thousands of duplicate calls – sending firefighters on wild-goose chases that kept them from responding to real life-threatening alarms.

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