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AT&T to provide Nellis Air Force Base with 5G/FirstNet services (NV)
AT&T has announced it has been selected by Nellis Air Force Base to provide AT&T 5G services to the base in Southern Nevada, the company said. AT&T will equip Nellis with 5G infrastructure to support wireless data and voice services connecting the base´s...
Verizon Expands 4G LTE Small Cell Navy Base Footprint (CA)
Verizon recently installed an array of small cells at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. The deployment marks the operator’s third 4G LTE small cell installation at Navy bases in the region last year, and lays the foundation for an eventual 5G deployment. [...] The...
Explore why Satellite Broadband Communication in Public Safety Market Is Thriving Worldwide with Key Players likeAT&T, EchoStar, Globalstar, Gilat Satellite, Hughes Network, Singtel, Telstra, VT iDirect
Satellite Broadband Communication in Public Safety Market research report explores the current outlook in global and key regions from the perspective of players, countries, product types and end industries. This report analyzes top players in the global market and...
DILG exec lauds Legazpi City’s 911 command center (Phillipines)
LEGAZPI CITY -- Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Operation Epimaco Densing III on Friday lauded the set-up of all closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and other response equipment of the Legazpi City 911 Command...
AT&T Completes 1,000 Network Upgrades in Miami Market
AT&T is ringing in the new year with the completion of more than 2,500 upgrades to its Florida wireless network in 2019 – including nearly 1,000 in Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The upgrades in Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties include: More than...
Ambulance District board approves purchase of new unit (MO)
Members of the Barry-Lawrence County Ambulance District board have approved the purchase of a 2020 Braun ambulance, with an expected arrival in 180 days. The new unit, which cost $195,093, has been ordered from Pinnacle Emergency Vehicles, which also won the bid for...
Contract versus hometown policing (MI)
Fenton — Most municipalities in Genesee County have their own police department. Fenton Township is the only community locally that contracts with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, and there are benefits and disadvantages to both. The Genesee County Sheriff’s...
Major upgrades coming to Marathon County dispatch center (WI)
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) -- The Marathon County 911 dispatch center is adding four new positions to increase their total number of dispatchers to twelve. A number of other technical upgrades include the transition to 911 Next Generation and the addition of a radio console...
Emergency Services Market Outlook: Poised For a Strong 2020
HTF MI added a new research study in its database with title 'Global Emergency Services Market Insights by Application, Product Type, Competitive Landscape & Regional Forecast 2025' that includes detailed analysis, Competitive landscape, forecast and strategies....
Fixed LTE Market Size, Share, Trends, Future Scope, Latest Opportunities, Challenges by Top Key Players Forecast to 2019-2024
The “Fixed LTE Market” report includes a comprehensive analysis of the current market status, major key players, latest challenges and opportunities in the market. Fixed LTE market report delivering key insights and providing a competitive benefit to clients through a...
Verizon Playoff, Super Bowl Ads Will Show How 5G Helps First Responders
Verizon’s 5G Infrared camera helps firefighters. Verizon will advertise in the Super Bowl, the wireless company said today -- and not surprisingly, given the special nature of commercials within that telecast, its ads will dwell on how 5G will become an important tool...
DHS S&T Awards $750K to Maryland Company for Cybersecurity of Emergency Communicators (MD)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $750,000 to SecuLore Solutions, an Odenton, Md.-based cybersecurity company, to improve and increase the resiliency of the nation’s emergency communications...
Raleigh 911 Operators to Receive Training at Public Safety Education Campus (NC)
RALEIGH, N.C. (January 16, 2019) - 911 operators who work for the City of Raleigh are now receiving training at Wake Tech's Public Safety Education Campus. The 480-hour training program will be taught in two 12-week courses from January until April. The...
Why doesn’t Israel have emergency dispatchers? (Isreal)
There have been several laws unsuccessfully proposed to found a single, unified rescue body; many argue that it could have rescued the young couple who drowned in a stuck elevator on January 4. After two people drowned in a flooded elevator during a disastrous storm...
Fire forces ambulance dispatchers to evacuate (Canada)
Frontenac Paramedics assisted their Kingston Central Ambulance Communications Centre dispatchers alongside Kingston Fire and Rescue after a fire was discovered in the garage of their building early Thursday morning. The dispatchers and the rest of the occupants of...
Mississauga to push province to punish those who misuse 9-1-1 (Canada)
Many people have been calling for harsher repercussions for those who call the 9-1-1 emergency line to complain about everything from Amber Alerts to missed trains to incorrect restaurant orders—and now the City of Mississauga has passed a motion to formally call on...
Dispatcher talked Berlin caller through CPR (MA)
BERLIN - A dispatcher with the Nashoba Valley Dispatch Center is being credited with helping talk a caller through lifesaving measures until medical help could arrive. On Thursday, Jan. 9, at 6:51 p.m., Dispatcher Danielle Haas received a 911 hang-up call. When she...
Knowing when it is appropriate to call 9-1-1 (IA)
MASON CITY, Iowa - It's bound to happen sooner or later. Your car spins out into a ditch. Should you call 9-1-1 or not? If you aren't hurt and don't need the police to help you, it might just be a good idea to call a tow company directly, to avoid tying up the...
Shortage of Dracut dispatchers leads call center to outsource 911 calls (MA)
DRACUT — Residents received no advance notice that the town’s police dispatch call center was in “crisis mode,” and would not answer 911 calls for seven consecutive nights, according to Police Chief Peter Bartlett. From midnight to 8 a.m. the week of Jan. 4 to 11,...
Report: St. Paul Police, Dispatchers Experiencing Serious Staffing Shortage (MN)
A St. Paul Police Department staffing study — which can be reviewed in full below — recommends hiring more than 100 additional officers and civilian staff, as well as restructuring several investigative units to keep pace with growing caseloads. The 250-page document...
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