Motorola recently announced a formal split into two companies; one to pursue its consumer electronics line such as cell phones, and the other to continue its public safety market. Solutions, as the public safety entity will be known will remain in Schaumburg. Mobility will relocate to a nearby community. There will probably be little, if...Read More
Two new federal reports on 9-1-1 are available. For an update from the DOT on national inititatives surf to: http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102135368713-84/2010+Annual+Report+to+Congress+Biden+Letter.pdf Information from the Congressional Research Servics is online at: http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102135368713-85/CRS+Report+-+Broadband+and+Future+of+911.pdfRead More
A firefighter was injured when a tree came down on his fire engine. People in the area called 911 because a tree had fallen onto an elderly couple’s house, smashing a window. Firefighters responded to Tremont Street and as they were getting back into their truck, the tree came down. The firefighters had to run...Read More
The typing of the wrong street suffix into the City’s CAD system led to a four minute delay in response to a house fire in Pittsburgh right before Christmas. There were no injuries, but two dogs died in the blaze. A similar call from the past also involved this same street when an EMS call...Read More
One Orange County firefighter was injured today attempting to make a rescue at the scene of a fatal fire a t 31293 Dolwood Drive, near Indiantown Road in the Locust Grove area of Orange County. He was transported from the scene but no details are available on his condition or location. State Police officials have...Read More
On Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 9:03 PM, one Company of Los Angeles Firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle fire in the 500 block of Solano Avenue near the Arroyo Seco Parkway in Elysian Park. While battling the fire, a veteran Los Angeles Fire Department Captain sustained serious injuries when an explosion occured within the...Read More
