Public Safety

Hughes Telematics partners with Intrado for in-vehicle 911

Hughes Telematics yesterday announced an exclusive partnership with Intrado to provide emergency call-center services and route appropriate in-vehicle calls to the nearest public-safety answering point (PSAP) in the 911 network.

New York fire departments test interoperable system

The Hempstead and West Hempstead, New York, fire departments have successfully completed three weeks of field trial of BAE Systems’ First InterComm. The system lets first responders communicate using existing radios and frequencies at incident scenes …

Harris multiplexer supports interoperable communications

Interoperable communications long has been a buzzword in the public-safety community. To satisfy the craving for technologies that connect disparate land-mobile-radio systems for reliable communications during emergency incidents, the city of Bangor, Maine, deployed Intraplex NetExpress multiplexers from Melbourne, Fla.-based Harris.

Different strokes

In the U.S. and Canada, 911 is the official national emergency number. When 911 is dialed, the caller is connected to a public-safety answering point, or PSAP, where a dispatcher routes the call to the appropriate emergency personnel.

APCO announces PSAP winners

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials announced the 2008 Public Safety Award Program winners.

Public safety responds to Sprint Nextel waiver request

Three key public-safety organizations today filed a joint letter with the FCC indicating that they would agree with a portion of Sprint Nextel’s proposal to vacate its interleaved channels in the 800 MHz band in stages.

Senate passes 911 bill

U.S. senators yesterday passed legislation designed to help public-safety answering points (PSAPs) migrate to next-generation 911 by clarifying some policy issues that have been considered barriers to the transition.

APCO announces PSAP winners

The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) announced the 2008 Public Safety Award Program award winners, which are presented by the association to public-safety communications personnel who have demonstrated the highest levels of …

APCO, NENA announce ANS for PSAPs

The Washington, D.C.-based Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) released a candidate American National Standard (ANS) dubbed APCO/NENA ANS 1.102.1-200x: Public …

Trident to start demos of its interoperability solution

Trident Micro Systems soon will begin shipping its iOPT Comm-Tac interoperability devices to Reps for demonstration purposes. Reps should expect to receive the devices “in a month or so,” said Keith Rhodes, the company’s sales manager. Three units—two …

Hughes Telematics partners with Intrado for in-vehicle 911

New York fire departments test interoperable system

Harris multiplexer supports interoperable communications

Different strokes

APCO announces PSAP winners

Public safety responds to Sprint Nextel waiver request

Senate passes 911 bill

APCO announces PSAP winners

APCO, NENA announce ANS for PSAPs

Trident to start demos of its interoperability solution

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