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Why fire departments need to implement social-media policies

Senior Editor Mary Rose Roberts speaks with Curt Varone, an attorney and retired deputy chief, about generational differences regarding social-media use, and what liability fire departments can face if they don’t have social-media policies in place.

Article

Fire’s case for broadband (with related video)

Despite some opinions, the nationwide broadband network that’s coming to public safety will be just as important to fire/EMS as it is to law enforcement.

Commentary

The long arm of broadband

There are some who believe that the public-safety broadband network is much more a law-enforcement play, and that the fire and emergency medical services won’t benefit nearly as much. I am certain that those people are wrong.

News

Milwaukee FD opts for Open Sky in digital-radio conversion (with related video)

The Milwaukee Fire Department made the changeover to OpenSky digital radios this week in response to a federal mandate.

News

Motorola Solutions donates APX series radios to firehouse for Extreme Makeover

Motorola Solutions donated 22 APX 7000XE radios, batteries and chargers, XE remote speaker mics, and programming services. The APX 7000XE is a multiband radio that operates in 700 MHz, 800 MHz and VHF bands.

Smartphone app makes vehicle extrication a snap

Developed by Bohemian Innovations, the Extraction Zones Pro app puts vehicle information at the hands of first responders. Upon arriving at the scene of a vehicular accident, emergency responders can click on this app and select the make and model of the damaged vehicles from an extensive databank in the pop-up list.

News

Firecom introduces second-generation wireless headset, offers credit on older models (with related video)

Firecom’s 50-Series is a second-generation, full-duplex, hands-free wireless radio headset that reduces the need for firefighters to be tethered to the truck and intercom via a cable.

Video

Alcatel-Lucent demo of Striker 1 LTE vehicle

Alcatel-Lucent’s Morgan Wright demonstrated the next-generation communications capabilities of a concept command vehicle loaded with LTE gear operating in 700 MHz public-safety spectrum.

Photo of Joplin, Mo., Fire Chief Mitch Randles

Joplin Fire Chief shares emergency-communications lessons from deadly tornado

Fire Chief Mitch Randles share his experiences the day an EF-5 tornado hit Joplin, Mo., including operational and communications hindrances, as well as other lessons learned.

News

NIST provides ease-of-use guidance to EMR software developers

To encourage the widespread adoption of electronic medical records, software developers need to ensure specific applications are user-centered, said Svetlana Lowry, project lead for National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Usability in Health IT research.

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Video

Why fire departments need to implement social-media policies

Article

Fire’s case for broadband (with related video)

Commentary

The long arm of broadband

News

Milwaukee FD opts for Open Sky in digital-radio conversion (with related video)

News

Motorola Solutions donates APX series radios to firehouse for Extreme Makeover

Smartphone app makes vehicle extrication a snap

News

Firecom introduces second-generation wireless headset, offers credit on older models (with related video)

Video

Alcatel-Lucent demo of Striker 1 LTE vehicle

Joplin Fire Chief shares emergency-communications lessons from deadly tornado

News

NIST provides ease-of-use guidance to EMR software developers

Commentary

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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