CANTON — Many people don’t think of that voice on the other end of the line, the one that is there, only when you need it, when there is an emergency, when you don’t know where else to turn, the one that answers, “9-1-1.”
But on Friday, members of the St. Lawrence District Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York showed their gratitude for the members of the St. Lawrence County Emergency Services and…
The county approved a measure earlier this year setting the stage for the construction of a cell tower at 233 Richard Petty Boulevard, pending city approval. The purpose of the move is to build a tower at a higher elevation for improved an expanded coverage of the county’s public safety communications system…
Columbia 9-1-1- Communications District, the sole Public Safety 9-1-1 Answering Point (PSAP) and dispatch center for all public safety agencies based in Columbia County, has been recognized by RQI Partners and the Resuscitation Academy Foundation as a “Resuscitation Trailblazer.”
The award signifies Columbia 9-1-1 Communications District’s commitment to improving telephone CPR practices and increasing cardiac arrest survival…
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) — A wild ride on an interstate in central Ohio came to a safe end when a highway patrol dispatcher calmly instructed a driver how to stop her runaway SUV.
State troopers tried to clear traffic away from the vehicle. Police dashcam video posted on Facebook showed the vehicle weaving through traffic as the dispatcher, named Becky, told the driver to “listen to me right now.”
Communications systems used to handle emergencies on the island as well as several Puerto Rico Police buildings will benefit from over $1.6 million in grants awarded under FEMA’s Public Assistance program.
Emergency communication systems in Guayanilla, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Mayagüez and Yauco will be strengthened with the help of over $906,000 in grants. The communications network tower at the Emergency Management…
Recently, there has been a flurry of articles in the press, on Twitter, and on LinkedIn touting the advantages of Push-To-Talk over Broadband (PTT over LTE) and stressing that PTT over broadband is ready for primetime, which appears to be true with a few caveats. It is also true that multiple FirstNet-Certified broadband PTT applications are available, including three that currently interoperate with each other. However, there is no requirement for all PTT solutions to interoperate with one another, therefore it is unlikely we will see complete inter-vendor interoperability anytime soon…
