Sunday, September 7, 2008
Nationwide Emergency Alerting and Messaging Initiative Launched
A Staff Report
SAFECOM Announces Tool for Creating Statewide Interoperable Communications
Pat West
FCC Launches 800MHz Rebanding Site
The Federal Communications Commission has launched a Web site at www.800mhzrebanding.com to update users on the status of the rebanding effort. In November,...
From Your Lips
By Keith LeBlanc
Technological advances are changing the way fire and emergency-service organizations communicate. The influx of headset systems, used in conjunction with...
Enhanced 911 Legislation Passes Congress
National Emergency Number Association
Command on the Run
As one of the early proponents of mobile command vehicles for military, police and fire, Larry LaGuardia has seen many changes in the rigs, including...
FCC OKs Public-Safety Request for 4.9 GHz Mask
GAO OKs FCC Rebanding Order for 800 MHz
Donnie Jackson, Mobile Radio Technology
Public Safety Praises Nextel, Verizon Truce
Donny Jackson, Mobile Radio Technology
Panel: Interoperability About People More Than Technology
By Doug Mohney, Mobile Radio Technology
Technology is the least of the challenges for achieving interoperable communications between public safety groups, according to a panel of experts that recently met in Washington, D.C. ...
FCC Reaches Bandwidth Consensus
After two years of heated public debate and painstaking deliberation, the Federal Communications Commission on July 8 approved the major components of...
Roosevelt Hotshots to Test Radios
Mobile Radio Technology
FCC Adopts Consensus Plan
Pat West, Senior Editor
Feds Need to Get Priorities Straight on Wireless E-911
By Glenn Bischoff, Mobile Radio Technology
Florida County Hands Out Cell Phone Guards
National Association of Counties
Money Talks: How to Play the Consensus Plan Game
Glenn Bischoff, Mobile Radio Technology magazine
New Proposals Offer 800 MHz Hope, Not a Quick Decision
By Donny Jackson, Mobile Radio Technology
It appears two recent proposals to the Federal Communication Commission may delay its decision on the Consensus Plan several weeks, but public safety officials should be encouraged that the latest proposals offer a chance that the FCC might be able to come up with something that could result in rebanding being completed quicker than it would have if the Consensus Plan had been adopted a couple of months ago. ...
Dropped Calls
By Doug Brown
When a neighbor saw flames climbing the walls of the small house in Maryland, she grabbed her cell phone and dialed 911. The call, however, landed with...
DHS Releases Statement of Requirements for Interoperability
Department of Homeland Security
On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate released a document describing its requirements for interoperable communications systems for police, fire, EMS and other public safety organizations....
NENA 911 Experts Named to FCC Advisory Panel
David Jones, director of emergency services for Spartanburg County, S.C., and Jenny Hansen, manager of the Public Safety Services office for the state of Montana, have been named to an FCC advisory panel to provide expertise in 911 issues....
NENA Initiative Provides Framework for Modernizing Nation's 911 Systems
National Emergency Number Association
As Congress considers measures affecting the nation's 911 system, the National Emergency Number Association on Thursday provided perhaps the most detailed picture ever of the nation’s 911 challenge, particularly with regard to call center capabilities for automated location technologies for wireless callers....
A Call to Arms For Children's Sake
Pat West, Senior Editor
Against a winter fire season that seems to be taking a higher than normal toll on America's children, U.S. Fire Administration officials urge fire chiefs to fight back by turning up the volume on fire safety and prevention....
After A Serious Fire: Maximize Media Attention to Promote Safety
R. David Paulison, U.S. Fire Administrator
Against a winter fire season that seems to be taking a heavier than average toll, U.S. Fire Administrator Dave Paulison asks fire chiefs to rededicate themselves to getting their fire safety and prevention messages out to their communities. Based on tips and advice from experts at the USFA, he offers specific strategies to turning up the volume through the media....
Spectrum Leasing is Dicey Proposition for Public Safety
Donny Jackson, Editor
As part of its newly opened proceeding on software-defined radios, the FCC is seeking comment on an intriguing question: Should public-safety entities...
U.S. House Approves E-911 Legislation
National Emergency Number Association
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that promises to speed technology upgrades at thousands of 911 emergency call centers across the country....
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