Monona County residents will head to the polls on Tuesday, March 3, to vote on a $6.2 million bond for the construction of a new public safety facility. The measure must pass by 60% margin. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on March 3.
The current jail was built in 1976, and Monona County Sheriff Jeff Pratt said the life expectancy of the jail is about 35 years. Monona County’s is at 42 years…
TODAY: HOUSE E&C TAKES ON PUBLIC SAFETY — Get ready: Energy and Commerce’s telecom subcommittee is considering eight bills this morning for a legislative hearing, all dealing one way or another with how to “strengthen communications networks to help Americans in crisis.” The bills aim to help enhance the emergency alert system, ensure wireless network resiliency…
Dispatchers are ready and waiting for your call.
Once on duty, these trained professional telecommunicators literally wait for the next report of a medical emergency, fire, vehicle crash, shooting or disaster in order to first assist the caller, and then alert and dispatch the appropriate first responders to render immediate assistance at the scene.
At the same time, 911 dispatchers must remain calm while providing instructions on life-saving medical interventions.
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Inseego Corp. (Nasdaq: INSG), a pioneer in 5G and intelligent IoT device-to-cloud solutions, today announced that its Skyus™ 300 LTE gateway will provide the high-performance cellular connectivity for a new Emergency Call Box solution. This turnkey call station combines the Skyus LTE gateway with the Code Blue® Centry® Help Point® and the Solis Energy power system in one bundled solution that can be deployed quickly and easily to improve public safety in areas where landline connections don’t reach, like parking lots, college campuses, transit stations, airports and city parks…
To the Editor:
In response to the article published last week by Maylon Rice in the Washington County Enterprise Leader, I would like to correct some of the inaccurate information he provided. I often read articles like this and just shake my head and mumble to myself, but this time I feel obligated to respond.
Mr. Rice refers to this project as a “scheme that has yet to be developed or has no fixed price tag.” Well this couldn’t be further from the truth. There has been a group of local responders including police, fire and EMS that have put in countless hours, most of them volunteering their own time, studying what is the best possible radio…
