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NSW Telco’s Public Safety Network expands (Australia)
New Public Safety Network (PSN) radio sites at The Entrance and Wadalba are a major boost in operational and mission critical communications coverage for emergency services. The new radio infrastructure allows crews from Rural Fire Service, Police, Fire and Rescue,...
FirstNet Provides a Lifeline for Utility Operators
By Michael Varney, Director of Stakeholder Collaboration, First Responder Network Authority Natural disasters and other incidents, large or small, magnify the importance of secure, reliable communications. Network congestion, infrastructure damage, and incompatible...
County radio system upgrade would have $4.99M cost (ME)
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Upgrades cited in the first phase of a feasibility study for a Piscataquis County public safety radio system will cost $4,994,080. This does not include a potential move of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center out of the cramped...
Pueblo police launch text service to update callers on responses. Here’s how it works (CO)
A new type of text service has been launched by the Pueblo Police Department's dispatching center that will send Puebloans text notifications of their emergency report's status. The service was implemented Thursday, July 1 and will allow officers to provide updates on...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Reycita Billie, a 15-year public safety communications professional, named to Task Force
Originally Published: July 6, 2021 9:16 a.m. WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Reycita Billie, a 15-year public safety communications professional, was named to the New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force June 30. During the course of her career,...
State offers grants to police for body cameras; most South Shore departments still without (MA)
The state is offering $20 million to police departments to buy body cameras and associated equipment, and smaller police departments will be allowed to band together and submit regional solutions by the end of next month to get one of the first chunks of funding. The...
Beltrami County Communications Officers now certified in Telephone CPR (MN)
BEMIDJI -- All Beltrami County Communications Officers are now trained and certified in Telephone CPR, or TCPR, enhancing their instruction prior to the arrival of first responders and medical services. According to a release, the training provided the skills to...
Meijer’s bipartisan bill addresses mental health needs of 9-1-1 professionals
America’s 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers would receive health and wellness services under bipartisan legislation recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI). “Emergency dispatchers selflessly serve their communities and are often confronted with stressful...
Bringing broadband communication to tribes (MN)
Turtle Island Communications workers lay fiber cables on reservation lands. (Photo courtesy of Turtle Island Communications.) By Lee Egerstrom Business journals and mainstream media all across America are focusing attention on what many call “the new normal”...
Manchester Command Change: New Chief Sworn, Officers Promoted (NJ)
MANCHESTER, NJ — Robert M. Dolan Jr. took over July 1 as the seventh police chief in Manchester Township in a swearing-in ceremony that included promotions and new assignments for nine of the department's officers. Dolan succeeds Chief Lisa D. Parker, who retired...
New radio towers in Ingleburn, Yanderra help public safety (Australia)
Macarthur has just become a little bit safer thanks to the installation of two new radio sites in the region. Radio infrastructure has been installed at Ingleburn and Yanderra as part of the NSW Government's expansion to the Public Safety Network's footprint for...
Area police departments now using E-911, mental health registry (VA)
Area police departments are working to improve the way they respond to 9-1-1 calls. In Prince William, the county just deployed its new E-911 technology. The system, which is being adopted by public safety agencies across the U.S., better works to pinpoint the...
Prince William County launches new 9-1-1 technology (VA)
Prince William County’s Department of Public Safety Communications has launched the next generation of 9-1-1, called the Emergency Services Internet Protocol Network (ESInet). The current 9-1-1 infrastructure in Prince William and across most of the country...
Penobscot County dispatcher who started with a typewriter retires after nearly 40 years of 911 calls (ME)
When Elizabeth “Liz” Ryan began her nearly 40-year career as an emergency dispatcher in the early 1980s, she used a manual typewriter with a red and black ribbon, a landline telephone […]
McMinn County renews 911 dispatch contract (TN)
The McMinn County Commission has voted unanimously to renew its contract with McMinn County E-911. At last Wednesday’s meeting, the commission voted in favor of extending its emergency dispatch services contract for three years with the McMinn County Emergency...
Callers can now text Leon County 911 (FL)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Now in Leon County, 911 is a call, and a text away. Emergency services can now be contacted through text message, with the service starting earlier this week. You have to text emergency services in proper English, with no emoji's and as of...
New N. Carolina emergency response director appointed
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A senior official in North Carolina's emergency management department has been tapped to succeed his retiring director. Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks has appointed William Ray as the state's new director of emergency management,...
Police Dispatcher – Lateral
Description/Duties This recruitment will establish an eligible list for vacancies in the Police Department. Depending on qualifications and experience, the salary offered to the selected candidates may be above the minimum salary for this position. Employees may...
Roxbury’s John Romeo Awarded by County Dispatch Center (NJ)
ROXBURY, NJ – Roxbury resident John Romeo’s work ethic at the Morris County Communications Center is “a model for the agency,” said the center in recently presenting him with its Director’s Award. Romeo, 35, was recognized for his 11 years of “dedicated service” to...
Do’s and don’ts for calling 911 (KY)
BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) - Holiday weekends bring more calls to 911 dispatch centers, and many of them are for non-emergencies. “Don’t call 911 just because your neighbors are out setting fireworks off,” said Boyd County 911 Director Matt Saunders. He says these calls...
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4.9 GHz Band: Review of the FCC Order
On October 22, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released its Eighth Report and Order (Eighth R&O) regarding utilization of the 4940-4990 MHz (4.9 GHz) band that protects incumbent users as requested by us, the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA). This Eighth R&O addresses a number of issues related to the use of this band by public safety. Please join us for a briefing on this order and how it impacts public safety.
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