Incident Command/Situational Awareness

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Motorola highlights incident-command vehicle

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

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

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.

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HSIN securely connects all first responders

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.

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Integration of fire gear, communications needed, but it will take time

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.

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Motorola Solutions developing responder situational-awareness tools

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.

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Motorola Solutions developing situational-awareness tool for command

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.

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Intrado talks about HF offering

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.

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Leveraging high-accuracy location technology after a disaster

Knowing where key assets are — citizens, first-responder personnel and resources — can be crucial to recovery efforts.

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A stark reminder of why training is so important

Training often seems to be the first item cut when budgets are tight, but a recent New York transit incident provides vivid evidence of the importance of proper training.

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Motorola highlights incident-command vehicle

Article

Speaker: Emergency calls from children require tender loving care

Commentary

Lots of moving parts to implementing text to 911

Commentary

HSIN securely connects all first responders

Article

Integration of fire gear, communications needed, but it will take time

Video

Motorola Solutions developing responder situational-awareness tools

Video

Motorola Solutions developing situational-awareness tool for command

Video

Intrado talks about HF offering

Article

Leveraging high-accuracy location technology after a disaster

Commentary

A stark reminder of why training is so important

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Real-Time Situational Awareness: Today’s Holy Grail

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