A big voice in the Big Apple 1st March 2009 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.
A rocky road 1st March 2009 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
Creating incentive is elementary 1st March 2009 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
Under one roof 1st March 2009 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
News 911 centers see 19% turn-over rate, APCO says 27th February 2009 The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) recently released an analysis that reports an average, national telecommunicator turn-over rate of 19%. The turn-over rate has increased 3% since the initial study in 2004
Interoperability, change orders slow rebanding efforts 26th February 2009 Officials for two 800 MHz public-safety licensees in Florida expressed frustration with slowdowns in their respective rebanding efforts caused by interoperability agreements and a lengthy change-order process during a panel at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Winter Summit in Orlando last week
Chicago integrates video into CAD system 26th February 2009 Chicago officials announced that a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant paid for a recent $6 million upgrade to its computer-aided dispatch system that coordinates police, fire and emergency medical service 911 calls.
InterAct unveils CAD module 23rd February 2009 InterAct Public Safety Systems unveiled the CalypsoPWC, a WebCAD display system that pulls selected incident information directly from computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems used by 911 call centers and transmits it in real time to the media and the public
Commentary Why isn’t P25 right for utilities? 18th February 2009 I’ve written about the wireless telecom industry for more than 13 years now, both on the commercial and public-safety/industrial side. What I find refreshing about the latter community is its straight-shooter mentality.
Tough economic climate may drive PSAP consolidation 18th February 2009 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 of multiple first-responder agencies under one brick-and-mortar facility.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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