Video NextNav CEO dishes on indoor location 29th August 2013 Gary Parsons, CEO of NextNav, talks about improvements that have been made regarding indoor location, along both the vertical and horizontal axis, during last week’s Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Video Motorola highlights incident-command vehicle 23rd August 2013 Dhiren Chauhan, senior product manager for Motorola Solutions, explains the features in the company’s incident-command vehicle, which enables monitoring of multiple radio bands and real-time video.
Article Speaker: Emergency calls from children require tender loving care 22nd August 2013 When telecommunicators receive 911 calls from children, it is important to maintaining a calm,steady tone of voice, to provide constant reinforcement and to use short, simple sentences during the exchange, according to Briana Kelley–a training specialist for the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office–who. spoke on the topic this week at the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference.
Commentary Lots of moving parts to implementing text to 911 1st August 2013 There are numerous challenges associated with public-safety answering points (PSAP) supporting text-to-911 service, but the need for this capability is so compelling that the 911 community must do everything possible to deploy it as soon as possible.
Commentary HSIN securely connects all first responders 30th July 2013 Stay abreast of the latest local and national first-responder information via the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN), which is designed to facilitate data sharing and collaboration.
Article Integration of fire gear, communications needed, but it will take time 16th July 2013 Reducing the number of devices that firefighters must carry is an important goal, but it may prove challenging to get radio, breathing apparatus and sensor vendors onto the same page; as a result, the answer may need to come from the military.
Video Motorola Solutions developing responder situational-awareness tools 8th July 2013 Patrick Koskan, senior resource engineering manager at Motorola Solutions, demonstrates situational-awareness capability being developed to help responders in the field to UC editor Donny Jackson at the Motorola Innovation Center in Schaumburg, Ill.
Video Motorola Solutions developing situational-awareness tool for command 8th July 2013 Patrick Koskan, senior resource engineering manager at Motorola Solutions, demonstrates situational-awareness capability being developed for command personnel to UC editor Donny Jackson at the Motorola Innovation Center in Schaumburg, Ill.
Video Intrado talks about HF offering 18th June 2013 Monica Marics, senior vice president for Intrado, speaks with UC Editor-in-Chief Glenn Bischoff, about the company’s new HF radio system, during this week’s National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference in Charlotte, N.C.
Article Leveraging high-accuracy location technology after a disaster 15th May 2013 Knowing where key assets are — citizens, first-responder personnel and resources — can be crucial to recovery efforts.
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