For the past six and a half years, James, a military veteran in his thirties, has spent his days in a 911 call center on the East Coast, counseling strangers during some of the worst moments of their lives.
“I like helping people and I’m good at what I do,” he told The Daily Beast.
James thinks he has “a couple dozen CPR saves”—incidents when he’s talked someone through performing the procedure, keeping someone alive until…
By Ted Hebron, senior product manager at Laird Connectivity.
Property owners desire optimal wireless connectivity in their buildings to better serve their tenants. However, these systems can play a far more urgent role in emergency situations by supporting communications with first responders.
The coronavirus crisis is forcing building owners to think deeply about the safety of occupants. The nationwide rollout of the FirstNet network, which is happening at a rapid pace, will give first responders far better connectivity via a dedicated wireless network. However, the success of this network depends on whether buildings provide adequate in-building signal support for firefighters, police and EMTs. READ MORE
Solid network reliability, data priority for first responder traffic and local 24/7 support are crucial.
When it comes to public safety communications, a reliable network is key. First responders need operational and reliable connectivity in order to keep citizens and property safe as well as themselves and fellow officers. The more quickly officers gain situational awareness, the more control they have over a situation and the safety of others. Whether a natural disaster or emergency event, first responders’ voice and data traffic need to get through in any situation…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant
There was recently published an article about Verizon announcing their new public safety app store. Public safety should understand that this app store is marginal and nothing more than a list and access to a miscellaneous collection of public safety related applications. This site is dangerous to public safety and users should read the User Agreement which says Verizon is not responsible for anything. Here is a sample from that User Agreement…
The City of Westerville OH Communications Division is the 70th ECC in the United States to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) and the 5th ECC in the state of Ohio to implement ASAP. Westerville went live with Vector Security, Rapid Response, Affiliated Monitoring, Amherst Alarm, AT&T Digital Life, Guardian Protection, Brinks Home Security, National Monitoring Center, Protection One, Security Central, Tyco (Johnson Controls), and Vivint on Wednesday, June 3. ADT is expected to go-live with Westerville in the upcoming weeks…
I recently received an email from someone in the industry I know and have worked with on several occasions. He asked if I had ever put together a comparison of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) services with FirstNet/LTE services and networks. Looking back in my archives, I found I have touched on their similarities and differences over the past four or five years but I have never presented a detailed, side-by-side listing of their attributes. For this week’s Advocate I have organized these into one document but I won’t call it a “comparison” since I believe both LMR and LTE networks are and will be required in the public-safety environment for a long time to come…
