Amid a rapidly evolving technology landscape, how do public safety agencies find out about the latest and greatest options, and best practices on how to implement them? How do tech companies which want to serve the first responder market learn what their customers really need and how to make it real? And how do those two sides find each other during a global pandemic?
Midland County residents will be able to vote on a variety of proposals on the Aug. 4 ballot, including the renewal of the 9‐1‐1 Central Dispatch millage.
The four-year millage — from 2021 until 2024 — is estimated to raise $2,422,606 in the first year to continue funding to maintain enhanced 911/Emergency Dispatch services, and the countywide radio system, according to documents provided by Midland County…
AT&T officials said they have expanded on the largest network in North America. From 2017-19, the company invested more than $10 million in its wireless network in Greenville to expand coverage and improve connectivity in more communities.
That investment has increased reliability, coverage and overall performance for residents and businesses, officials said. It also has improved critical communications services for Greenville’s first responders using the FirstNet network…
CHULA VISTA, California — Chula Vista police officers are getting a quicker start on emergencies thanks to new technology that allows 911 calls to be sent directly to computers in their patrol cars.
Instead of waiting for a 911 operator to type out their notes and then have the information relayed by a dispatcher, officers can hear the call in real time and begin heading to emergencies while the caller is still on the line — potentially shaving crucial minutes off response time…
NORTH EAST — Lieutenant Mike Kelley of the Crescent Hose Co. navigates the department’s red fire truck along a picturesque stretch of Route 5 as North East Fire Chief Dave Meehl watches the red light on the truck’s mobile communications radio start to glow.
A voice chimes in over the radio. It’s unintelligible.
“All we’re doing is picking up garble,” Kelley says as the truck coasts east toward the New York state line. “We can’t even transmit…
A longtime employee of the city’s emergency service departments has been appointed to lead a newly created public safety office.
Annastasia M. Walker will serve as executive director of the city’s Office of Public Safety Administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday. Walker will be tasked with overseeing “efforts to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and improve administrative functions” across the city’s police and fire departments, as well as the Office of Emergency Management and Communications…
