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By Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City's new public safety building is more than a year from its scheduled completion. But when it ...
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By Fran Spielman The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — A $23 million digital radio system — purchased in 2006 under a no-bid contract awarded under questionable circumstances ...
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By Aly Van Dyke Topeka Capital-Journal TOPEKA, Kan. — Shawnee County could get a new 911 emergency radio system that allows responders to switch between encrypted and public ...
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By FR1 Staff Verizon announced Tuesday that it is working on a 911 texting service that will enable those who are unable to make voice calls to reach out for help during ...
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Harold Wilson, 84, may have suffered medical emergency, collapsed into flames ...
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By Greg Bogosian FireRescue1 Staff Background The Lititz Fire Company No. 1 in Pennsylvania has been a volunteer fire department since 1894. Covering a 10.2-square-mile area which ...
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By Aly Van Dyke The Topeka Capital-Journal TOPEKA, Kan. — After more than a year of research, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Management Board has a ...
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On Feb 22, President Obama signed into law the payroll tax cut extension bill that included reallocating the 700 MHz D Block spectrum. The reallocation gives public safety agencies ...
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The Associated Press NEW YORK — New York City must release a consultant's review of the city's 911 system and emergency response times that Mayor Michael ...
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Wrong evacuation notices exacerbated confusion in dispatch center, which was overwhelmed with calls asking about notices and reporting fire ...
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By Josh Margolin The New York Post NEW YORK — The Bloomberg administration is waging an all-out battle to suppress a scathing report aptly called "911 CPR'' - ...
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By Craig K. Paskoski The Evening Sun LITTLESTOWN, Pa. — Modern technology is rendering the traditional fire siren obsolete. Littlestown's Alpha Fire Co. No. 1 will be the ...
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By Tim Hrenchir Topeka Capital-Journal SHAWNEE COUNTY, Neb. — Two companies — Motorola and Cassidian — will compete for the multimillion-dollar contract to ...
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By Sandra Bradley The Union Leader MERRIMACK, N.H. — Although the basics of firefighting have remained the same throughout the past century, emerging technological advances ...
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By Cortney Casey The Sterling Heights SentrySTERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — Sterling Heights is celebrating two recent windfalls that will support initiatives within the Fire ...
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By Tim Prudente The Evening Sun ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. — The radios just aren't working anymore. The system is more than 30-years-old, practically obsolete. Equipment is being ...
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It's been a good year for new products in the fire service. From rescue tools to speaker microphones, and LED lights to command boards, there's been a number of highlights in 2011. ...
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By Mary Owen The Joliet TribuneJOLIET, Ill. — The Joliet police and fire departments are getting a new digital radio system to replace its current analog system, which ...
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Reducing incident response time is a constant battle for fire departments across the globe. Improving the speed, efficiency and safety of teams, equipment and critical ...
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By PurvisThis Mid-Atlantic fire department is surrounded by one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Responsible for covering over 60 square miles, the ...
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