SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio — Scioto County leaders have been asking the public to help their stretched-thin, understaffed EMS agency by only calling 911 in the event of a true emergency, but the message isn’t reaching everyone.
On Monday night, the Scioto County Daily News reported, a man called 911 to ask that his air conditioner be fixed. Responders on scene said the man refused medical care…
In 1993, Congress established the world’s first spectrum auction authority, empowering the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct bidding for radio frequency licenses. The innovation has exceeded expectations, earning Nobel prize recognition in 2020 and bringing $230 billion in revenue to the Treasury. The FCC has conducted over 100 auctions with the recent C-band earning more than a record $90 billion. These monies have been used for taxpayer relief, the FirstNet public safety communications network, and funding to the Department of Defense and other agencies…
Proximity Services (ProSe), first introduced in Release 12 of the 3GPP specifications, is a D2D (Device-to-Device) technology that allows LTE devices to detect each other and to communicate directly.
In comparison to existing D2D and proximity networking technologies, ProSe offers a number of distinct benefits including better scalability, manageability, privacy, security and battery-efficiency. Current efforts to commercialize ProSe are being spearheaded by the public safety and critical communications sector. However, although initial investments in ProSe-enabled devices will be driven by these two sectors, there also exists a much larger opportunity in the commercial arena. Mobile operators can leverage ProSe to offer a range of B2B, B2B2C and B2C services that rely on proximity, including advertising, social networking, gaming, relaying traffic for wearables and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) connectivity, among others…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, through a prize challenge, seeks to provide first responders with unmanned aircraft systems tailored to enhance their indoor search and rescue operations.
The First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge requires competitors to design, develop and demonstrate drones capable of assisting firefighters and first responders by increasing their situational awareness, NIST said Wednesday.
Drone entries must remain operational despite GPS unavailability, limited lighting or compromised structural integrity…
The Jones County Sheriff’s Office 911 Communications Center was dedicated last week to the woman whose vision made it possible.
The family of JCSO former Chief Deputy Barbara Burnette joined officers and staff members of the JCSO in dedicating the center April 21. The center dedication was done in conjunction with the dedication of the department’s memorial wall, with Burnette one of the five officers honored on that wall.
Chief Deputy Earl Humphries said Burnette started her law enforcement career as a dispatcher in what was then known as the radio room… READ MORE
Jessica Kelly has been named Telecommunicator of the Year for the state of Iowa after going above and beyond her duties as a head dispatcher for the Manchester Police Department in helping a mother find her abducted daughter.
Kelly’s search for the abductor and the lost girl took her two hours while also fielding other calls that came in, as the station only has one dispatcher on duty at a time.
Kelly has worked as a dispatcher for 15 years, beginning her career as a dispatcher and jailer in Clayton County. She and her family moved to Manchester in 2014 so she could take a job in the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office… READ MORE
