Regional Coordination

The interoperability quandary

A category 5 hurricane slams into the South Carolina coast, flooding coastal roadways, destroying houses and knocking down powerlines. A freight train

Communication breakdown

June 29, 2002 Essex County’s emergency radio system needs replacing, officials say Essex County (N.Y.) has an antiquated emergency communications system

Interoperability makes strange bedfellows

A pilot program for mobile communications interoperability at the Denver Police Department includes 600 Nextel phones. Why strange bedfellows? Denver’s

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

$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

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

Doctor cites EMS experience at Columbine in need for common radio frequencies

Speaking about the shootings that took place on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colo., near the city of Littleton, Christopher

VHF/800MHz interoperability

For a PDF version of this article, which includes diagrams, click here. Interoperability among various public safety agencies has been a goal of most

Chicago blazes affordable path to radio interoperability

Radio network interoperability: It’s not just a convenience; it’s a matter of life and death. If police, fire and EMS crews cannot talk to each other,

The interoperability quandary

Communication breakdown

Interoperability makes strange bedfellows

Grand Traverse County delays 911 hike proposal

$32 million emergency radio system on horizon

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

Doctor cites EMS experience at Columbine in need for common radio frequencies

VHF/800MHz interoperability

Chicago blazes affordable path to radio interoperability

Commentary

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

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

Events

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IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

Twitter

Final cases made about Airwave, ESN, before CMA issues provisional decision on Motorola Solutions dlvr.it/ST4Q6X

Polaris Wireless: Manlio Allegra talks 911 Z-axis tech, future IoT opportunities dlvr.it/ST1384

Biden’s net-neutrality strategy looks doomed dlvr.it/SSyQ7d

Only 3% of open-source software bugs are actually attackable, researchers say dlvr.it/SSxjxK

Cabinless self-driving trucks get the green light dlvr.it/SSxghf

Autonomous vehicles in slow lane as robots accelerate dlvr.it/SSxPDQ

Southern Linc official discusses MCPTT migration, interoperability with new partner Catalyst dlvr.it/SSr8VD

Newscan: NYPD’s bomb-sniffing dogs get a high-tech upgrade to keep city safe dlvr.it/SSpSD1