ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The City of Albuquerque is investing $38 million in a new radio and telecom system for Albuquerque metro area public safety agencies, including the Albuquerque Police Department, Albuquerque Fire Rescue, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, Bernalillo County Fire Department, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, APS Police and UNM Police…
After 18 years of service, Shift Lt. Kevin Kennedy signed off from Southwestern N.H. District Fire Mutual Aid for the last time Wednesday.
Kennedy’s time as a dispatcher was split between two different parts of his life.
He first put on his headset in 1975 at the age of 23, intrigued by a job that allowed him to help others. He worked at the Keene office for four years before heading down a different path, and starting his own environmental well-drilling business…
As Ashland Fire Chief Rick Anderson watched a firefighter walk the perimeter of a building fire during training, he could see in real time what the firefighter was seeing through a live video stream.
Anderson could tell the color of the smoke and pinpoint the area of the house from where it appeared to be emitting. By viewing the live feed, Anderson knew if the structure was a single-family unit and if it had multiple stories. All important information for firefighters to know for an expeditious response…
Northern Colorado fire departments and other emergency response agencies have joined forces to create a system that will get responders to those in need faster.
The new system shows 911 dispatchers all available emergency vehicles in the area based on GPS location and dispatches the nearest unit, regardless of jurisdiction, according to a news release from Poudre Fire Authority.
The new system allows agencies to share resources and respond to calls faster, according to the release… READ MORE
I have several things on my mind this week. The first concerns how WiFi fits into FirstNet communications. The second is the sudden decision by the FCC Chairman, who seems to have the votes, to license the 4.9-GHz spectrum currently licensed to multiple public-safety agencies under FCC Part 90, to the individual states. To understand what might happen if the spectrum is handed over to the states, we will look at the last time the FCC followed this path and licensed a block of 700-MHz Land Mobile Radio (LMR) spectrum to the states…
Mayor Steven Fulop joined city council and community members on Sept. 16, to officially break ground on Jersey City’s first-ever, all-encompassing Public Safety Headquarters.
The groundbreaking for the 11-story building on MLK Drive and Kearny Avenue will be the fourth to be built as part of the municipal complex known as Jackson Square…
