Jason Porter, president of the public sector and FirstNet at AT&T, said first responders and security personnel at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama will get access to a wireless and secure communications network with the launch of a new cell site in the state.
The purpose-built cell site will work to deliver an enhanced mobile broadband experience and exclusive access to the high-quality Band 14 spectrum to firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency response teams stationed at the U.S. Army base, Porter wrote in a blog post published Thursday…
Last week, a man speaking Spanish called into the Amarillo Emergency Communications Center in distress, when officers arrived at his location they found 34-year old Gonzalo Zubia dead from a gunshot wound… [VIDEO]
Call-taker at work in the main E-Comm dispatch centre in Vancouver. E-Comm personnel are the first point of contact for people dialing 911, handing off calls the appropriate police, fire and ambulance dispatchers.Photo by Kelly Furey/E-Comm /PNGThe province’s efforts to recruit new emergency dispatchers is welcomed, but unlikely to alleviate problems with emergency response in the short term — especially as B.C.’s 911 system moves to a new protocol allowing operators to hang up on non-priority calls, critics say…
Transitioning 911 emergency call systems into the digital age is a work in progress nationwide. In Maryland, experts released a fourth and final report on Thursday detailing what Next Generation 911 in the state should include.
WESTAMPTON – Multiple employees reported feeling ill at Burlington County’s Public Safety Center on Thursday night, prompting officials to move Central Communications operations to a temporary site.
Staffers returned to the Westampton building Friday morning after multiple inspections found no hazards there, according to a county statement.
It said 10 Central Communications employees were taken to an area hospital “for precautionary examinations,” during Thursday night’s incident…
WESTAMPTON, NJ (BURLINGTON) – Burlington County Central Communications operations were temporarily shifted to the County’s backup center in Mount Laurel Thursday evening due to an investigation at Central’s primary site in the Burlington County Public Safety Center. The investigation was launched at around 8:30 PM Thursday after Central Communications telecommunicators reported feeling ill. The Communications Center is in the Public Safety Building at 1 Academy Drive, Westampton, NJ 08060.
Carbon monoxide alarms inside the building did not activate and a fire personnel check of the air was also negative, however, as a precaution the building was evacuated and the Burlington County Health Department was notified…
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