Public Safety

Plant CML VP discusses future of 911 centers

Jeff Wittek, vice president of corporate business development for Plant CML, talks about challenges facing call takers and 911 centers and the technological solutions provided by the industry.

Verizon’s Zipperstein confident tax payers will fund new D-Block plan

Verizon’s Steve Zipperstein reveals the public-safety community’s reaction, the technology implications and whether or not Congress will fund his D Block plan.

BAE Systems launches next phase of interoperability solution

BAE Systems recently introduced the VCA200, the latest addition to its First InterComm line of IP-based devices that provide interoperable voice communications for first responders at an incident.

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Facella on fire

John Facella — a veteran firefighter and director of public-safety systems for Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems — talks about the state of radio communications in our nation’s fire departments.

The ABCs of motivating 911-center employees

It’s not easy working in a 911 communications center. Dispatchers and call-takers routinely deal with domestic violence, lost and missing children, people who believe they want to commit suicide and people who are incoherent or unintelligible

SkyTerra aims for large role in public-safety communications

Chris Gates, vice president of strategy with SkyTerra, discusses the company’s pending introduction of a next-generation all-IP satellite and a crucial deal with Qualcomm that will bring to market inexpensive handsets with attractive form factors.

A rocky road

It’s 8 a.m. and Peter Brandes is sitting behind his desk at the Eagle County Ambulance District in Vail, Colo., assessing the weather. It is 30 F and

Under one roof

In today’s economic climate, government officials are grappling with ways to save money. One way is to consolidate the dispatch and call-taking functions

Creating incentive is elementary

One day several years ago, Jaci Fox, the operations manager for the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Regional 911 Center, was mulling how to keep her people performing

A big voice in the Big Apple

NYPD communications chief Charles Dowd is outspoken in his belief that broadband is the future of public-safety voice and data communications. He’s not afraid to challenge conventional thinking — and battle his peers — in his effort to realize this vision sooner rather than later.

Plant CML VP discusses future of 911 centers

Verizon’s Zipperstein confident tax payers will fund new D-Block plan

BAE Systems launches next phase of interoperability solution

Facella on fire

The ABCs of motivating 911-center employees

SkyTerra aims for large role in public-safety communications

A rocky road

Under one roof

Creating incentive is elementary

A big voice in the Big Apple

Commentary

How 5G is making cities safer, smarter, and more efficient

3GPP moves Release 18 freeze date to March 2024

Do smart cities make safer cities?

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