MONTPELIER — Preliminary results from an ongoing study commissioned by the Central Vermont Public Safety Authority suggest the simulcast system proposed by an established network of area fire departments would significantly improve emergency communications throughout the region.
Though computer modeled “coverage maps” shared with members of the CVPSA Board during its virtual meeting Thursday night were described as “very preliminary,” they should be encouraging — if not surprising — to the fire departments that comprise the Capital Fire Mutual Aid System…
NEWARK – Licking County announced its launch of a service allowing the Licking County Regional Communication Center to receive emergency information via text messages.
According to Nathan Bryan, Licking County Regional Communication Center Operations Manager, discussions about adding Text-to-911 as a service in Licking County began in August. A grant covered a portion of the start-up cost, he said, which covered the purchase of routers needed to ensure texts come through from the caller…
WALLINGFORD — It was about 1 a.m. at the Police Department dispatch center some three years ago and Jennifer Nastri was feeling impish.
Her boss, Capt. Richard Homestead, announced to the officers and dispatchers arrayed around the room that he was about to go on break, and did anybody want anything from Dunkin’? …
A 911 dispatcher receiving a frantic call for help needs to quickly assess what’s happening and make the right decision on what needs to be done.
“Dispatchers are essential to public safety,” says Rep. Spencer Igo (R-Grand Rapids).
He sponsors a proposal to establish a statewide working group to recommend minimum training and set continuing education standards for certification of 911 telecommunicators…
Firefighters’ RF devices and remote speaker microphones will have to pass unprecedented durability testing and include a data-logging capability—similar to a “black box” on an airplane—to achieve certification under the new standard published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
NFPA is well known for developing fire-safety standards for citizens and firefighters, but the NFPA 1802 standard that was published in January is the organization’s first that addresses the performance of RF devices—typically, two-way radios—and RSMs, according to Don Griffis, one of the L3Harris representatives who served on the technical committee that developed the standard…
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