Another step toward Gulf Coast State College President Dr. John Holdnak’s vision to transform Gulf County into a magnet for drone technology in the region.
The board of Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., last week gave final approval to a $5.147 million grant to GCSC to establish a Technical Center for Emergency Response and Communications at the Gulf/Franklin campus… READ MORE
To say 60 seconds can mean the difference between life and death is no exaggeration when it comes to a heart attack, stroke or an escalating domestic violence scenario. Yet, that’s about the number of seconds at least 17,500 callers to 911 waited before their call was answered by Utah’s largest dispatch center last year.
That’s one finding from an audit presented to the Legislative Audit Subcommittee on Tuesday. To call the results “troubling,” as Senate President Stuart Adams did, seems an understatement…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In the early morning hours of March 3, a storm system moved through the state of Tennessee which produced deadly tornadoes killing 24 people, damaging over 1,500 structures and leaving over 80,000 Tennesseans without power across four counties.
In Nashville, one of those tornadoes incapacitated one of four master sites that supports a statewide land mobile radio system, severely inhibiting public safety communications across the region for the first two days of the response effort…
STONINGTON, Maine (WABI) – Stonington’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications.
AT&T and FirstNet Authority will be launching a new FirstNet cell site this weekend.
It’s part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place in Maine…
MURRIETA – A new medical protocol system has been implemented by the Murrieta police and fire communications center that will enable dispatchers to accurately assess each emergency medical situation and send the best possible response.
The medical priority dispatch system went live at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, to improve service to the citizens of Murrieta in emergency medical situations. Dispatchers will receive on-sight and hands-on training with the system providers for the next two days…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — The Metro Emergency Operations Center of Kanawha County is upgrading its emergency radio system – a move officials said will dramatically improve the center’s speed and quality of communication for emergency responders.
In a news release Friday, Metro 911 said the upgrade of the new radio system is expected to go live in spring of 2021 and will cause no interruptions in the 911 service at the time of installation…
