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Another Atlanta Delayed Response

 FireCompanies    May 14, 2009    No Comments

Atlanta residents complain of city’s slow response to house fireBy Christian BooneThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionWednesday, May 13, 2009Neighbors alerting 911 about a small house fire in west Atlanta Saturday afternoon say they waited on hold 20 minutes — so long … [Read more...]

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Town Threatens Dispatcher Layoff

 FireCompanies    May 1, 2009    No Comments

HAMDEN — The town’s emergency dispatchers will be laid off June 30 if they cannot make concessions, according to Mayor Craig B. Henrici.Henrici issued pink slips this week to the 16 dispatchers, who are members of CILU Local 49.Meanwhile, the Legislative Council met … [Read more...]

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Philly To Get Massive Radio Upgrade

 FireCompanies    April 30, 2009    No Comments

Philadelphia to Get $34M Upgrade for Emergency Radio System  By DAVID GAMBACORTAThe Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia cops, firefighters and prison officials will receive about 2,700 new radios as part of a proposed upgrade to the city's Motorola emergency radio … [Read more...]

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PA Paging System Fails

 FireCompanies    April 17, 2009    No Comments

Pennsylvania County's New 911 Paging System Fails During Blaze MIKE HOOVERYork Daily Record, Pa. YORK COUNTY, Penn. -- An investigation is under way into why the county's new 911 emergency communication system failed to alert some firefighters to a blaze that destroyed … [Read more...]

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What's Your Back-up Plan?

 FireCompanies    April 15, 2009    No Comments

I don't think anyone in the fire service is unfamiliar with the term back-up. For example, we routinely strech another line and assign a RIT team just in case. And, we typically do a pretty decent job of providing back-up generators and transmitters for our dispatch centers. … [Read more...]

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What’s Your Back-up Plan?

     April 15, 2009    No Comments

I don't think anyone in the fire service is unfamiliar with the term back-up. For example, we routinely strech another line and assign a RIT team just in case. And, we typically do a pretty decent job of providing back-up generators and transmitters for our dispatch centers. … [Read more...]

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National Telecommunicators Week

 FireCompanies    April 15, 2009    No Comments

I'm a little late in posting this because the week is halfway over, but the overworked folks in your dispatch center will appreciate a kind word at any time. April 12 - 18 has been officially declared as National Telecommunicators Week; a time to recognize the "first" … [Read more...]

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Essex Co NY Approves New Radio System

 FireCompanies    April 12, 2009    No Comments

Essex County supervisors approve new public-safety radio system in 16-2 voteThe Essex County Board of Supervisors voted 16 to 2 on Monday to approve an up-to-$10 million new public-safety radio system.     County Manager Dan Palmer said he expects the new … [Read more...]

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Major Telephone Sabotage In CA

 FireCompanies    April 10, 2009    No Comments

Sabotage attacks knock out phone serviceNanette Asimov, Ryan Kim,Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff WritersFriday, April 10, 2009(04-09) 17:16 PDT SAN JOSE --Police are hunting for vandals who chopped fiber-optic cables and killed landlines, cell phones and Internet service for tens of … [Read more...]

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MA/COM – NYS Radios Worked

 FireCompanies    April 5, 2009    No Comments

 M/A-COM lawsuit: NY system worked as contractedMar 31, 2009 12:10 PM, By Donny JacksonNew York state terminated a $2 billion contract with Tyco Electronics M/A-COM for a statewide wireless network (SWN) because the state was seeking financial relief during a time of … [Read more...]

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