"Hurricane Sandy"
Hughes, the AHC and the Working Group Announce a Data Sharing Partnership
November 14, 2014Lessons learned from SuperStorm Sandy response activities to aid in future disaster preparedness and response.
Read full articleSurviving Sandy: Lessons from the Superstorm
August 18, 2013On Sunday, Aug. 18, APCO 2013 attendees had the opportunity to attend an educational session titled Surviving Sandy: Lessons from the Superstorm.
Read full articleFCC 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, 2013The 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.
Read full articleAPCO International Commends FCC Report on Derecho Impact
January 10, 2013Alexandria, VA – Today, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released its anticipated report and…
Read full articleNY-TERT Response to Hurricane Sandy
December 20, 2012The 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.
Read full articleZetron Donates $4.5K to Northwest Response Hurricane Sandy Relief
December 20, 2012Zetron, its president and employees donated $4.5K to Northwest Response: Hurricane Relief to support the Red Cross’s Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Read full articleSandy May Delay Broadband
December 6, 2012Superstorm 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.
Read full articleNew York: By the Numbers
November 20, 2012Since Hurricane Sandy struck New York, FEMA has approved more than $449 million to help individuals and families recover from the disaster.
Read full articleVerizon, AT&T Say Cell Network Back up After Sandy
November 15, 2012Verizon 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.
Read full articleSuperstorm Sandy Floods New York City with Duplicate Calls
November 7, 2012Superstorm 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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