Public Safety

Fight the NOISE

At the Baton Rouge Fire Department, voice communication by radio begins at the microphone and ends at the speaker or earphone same as anywhere else. That

Faster than a speeding bullet

The prospect of affordable high-speed Internet and virtual private network access that extends wired desktop computer capability to laptop computers in

Turn it off

When Johnson County, Ind.’s new 800-MHz digital trunked radio system failed to reach the city of Greenwood’s police officers at critical times such as

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

Static disrupting emergency signals

STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — Some days, at the Alpha Fire Company on West Beaver Avenue, getting clear radio communication in the parking lot is a an exercise

$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

Fire damages print business; radios fail in underground space

In Independence, Mo., a fire and heavy smoke barred more than 100 workers from entering their businesses Monday at the Space Center Distribution complex,

Poll: Building security ‘lax’ in wake of Sept. 11

A poll of security officers shows that lax security procedures persist in U.S. buildings nine months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Research from

Dispatchers’ ‘dead zones’ addressed; variance approved for 2 radio towers

Lake County (Fla.) Fire Rescue and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office are one step closer to a compatible radio system for dispatch communications after

Police use back-up radio channels after lightning hit

Lightning caused enough damage to the Athens-Clarke County (Ga.) 800 MHz radio communications system to disable its trunking capability. The lightning

Fight the NOISE

Faster than a speeding bullet

Turn it off

Grand Traverse County delays 911 hike proposal

Static disrupting emergency signals

$32 million emergency radio system on horizon

Fire damages print business; radios fail in underground space

Poll: Building security ‘lax’ in wake of Sept. 11

Dispatchers’ ‘dead zones’ addressed; variance approved for 2 radio towers

Police use back-up radio channels after lightning hit

Commentary

Reflections on recent LTE outages

Necessity indeed is the mother of invention

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

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

Twitter

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Twitter’s whistleblower allegations are a cautionary tale for all businesses dlvr.it/SZ1g18

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