Funding

Vendor locking

I worked 11 years for a dealer who stressed that if his manufacturer’s unique trunking protocol were sold, it would essentially lock out other vendors

Grand Traverse County delays 911 hike proposal

July 23, 2002 It will cost county more than $50,000 to conduct special election TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — With the Nov. 5 election ballot already filling

$32 million emergency radio system on horizon

Friday, July 19, 2002 Contract is signed on plan to link fire, police countywide By Mike Martindale / The Detroit News PONTIAC, Mich. — A $32 million

Homeland security grant goes to amateur radio membership association

The American Radio Relay League, Newington, Conn., will receive a $181,900 homeland security grant from the U.S. Government to train amateur radio operators

Smith, Ridge discuss new cabinet-level homeland security department

During a hearing conducted in Washington by the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on July 10, Sen. Bob Smith from New Hampshire,

Boeing wins Army radio contract worth possible $2 billion

It makes the largest land mobile radio contract—New York’s estimated $400 million statewide system—look small in comparison. It approaches two-thirds

House works on Homeland Security Bill

As the Bush administration pushes for the creation and finalization of a Homeland Security Department, the House continues to work out the intricacies

Chicago blazes affordable path to radio interoperability

Radio network interoperability: It’s not just a convenience; it’s a matter of life and death. If police, fire and EMS crews cannot talk to each other,

Vendor locking

Grand Traverse County delays 911 hike proposal

$32 million emergency radio system on horizon

Homeland security grant goes to amateur radio membership association

Smith, Ridge discuss new cabinet-level homeland security department

Boeing wins Army radio contract worth possible $2 billion

House works on Homeland Security Bill

Chicago blazes affordable path to radio interoperability

Commentary

LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

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