What happens when too many users listen to a trunked radio system?Posted on February 20th, 2009by daryl in Interoperability, Public-Safety Radio, Technology in GovernmentLarge, multi-zone digital trunked radio systems can be so fragile that too many users merely listening to the … [Read more...]
Similar Street Names Complicate Response
Push to rename streets to avoid 911 confusionBy Zac Anderson Published: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 1:22 a.m.Public safety officials in Sarasota County are pushing for a law to change similar street names, potentially … [Read more...]
KY Moves to Keep 9-1-1 Tapes off TV and Radio
Lexington Herald-LeaderThu, Feb. 05, 2009KY Bill Advances To Keep 911 Calls off AirwavesBy ROGER ALFORDAssociated Press WriterA measure that would prevent 911 calls from being broadcast on TV and radio cleared its first legislative hurdle on Thursday and now heads to the Senate … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Radio System Behind Schedule
You Paid for It: OpenSky Still OfflineAaron Diamant/todaystmj4.comMILWAUKEE - You paid for it, so where is it?It all looked great on paper: a high-tech communications system called "OpenSky" that would let Milwaukee police, fire, EMS, all first responders, talk to each … [Read more...]
Firefighters Sent to Wrong Address – Again
For the second time in a week, Atlanta 911 dispatchers sent firefighters to the wrong address. Fire damaged a house on Howell Drive around 4:15 p.m. Sunday, but CBS Atlanta News learned that firefighters were sent to a location on Harwell Road. CBS Atlanta obtained the recording … [Read more...]
Fake 9-1-1 Calls Difficult to Prevent
AP IMPACT: Fake 911 calls difficult to prevent (AP) Doug Bates and his wife, Stacey, were in bed around 10 p.m., their 2-year-old daughters asleep in a nearby room. Suddenly they were shaken awake by the wail of police sirens and the rumble of a helicopter above their … [Read more...]
Delays in Atlanta Investigated
Atlanta 9-1-1 Callers Put On Hold; House BurnsATLANTA --As Wilford Reed tried to keep his house from going up in flames, his Grant park neighbors kept their eyes on the clock, alleging it took Atlanta firefighters roughly 30 minutes to arrive at the scene.I just think that … [Read more...]
Bad Address Delays Response
Dispatch Mistake Blamed in Response to Fatal Indiana Fire Posted: 01-21-2009Updated: 01-21-2009 03:05:02 PM EVAN GOODENOWThe News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Heather Kennedy said she did everything she could to help the victims of Saturday's triple-fatal fire, … [Read more...]
NYS Cancels Radio System
New York Terminates M/A-COMM ContractChalk up another defeat for interoperable communications networks. The New York state Office for Technology (OFT) announced Thursday it has terminated its contract with M/A-COM, the vendor building the statewide wireless public safety … [Read more...]
Aussie 000 Plagued by Non-Emergency Calls
MELBOURNE: '000' Emergency operators of Queensland's have asked the local people to use common sense when dialing the emergency number. The police emergency service complained of taking 95% of calls for a non emergency purpose from people asking how to roast a chicken, order a … [Read more...]