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December 19, 2017
Bill authorizes $750 million each for FIRE and SAFER grant programs. Sunset date: 2024
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June 12, 2015
There have been reports in the news recently where computers and even entire databases have been hijacked by hackers, the ...
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March 2, 2015
The 27th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner will be held on April 16: just a month and a ...
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March 16, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires that almost all applications for two-way or paging radio-station licenses be reviewed by a ...
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February 12, 2013
Even those of us who are Team Android or pro-PC need to give credit where credit is due: nothing says ...
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January 15, 2013
We all know that technology is advancing at an astonishing pace, and it``s certainly changing how we do business. Stop ...
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June 11, 2012
Five years ago, Congress created the DHS Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) with the mission to lead and unify efforts ...
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June 11, 2012
The passage of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, which enables the development of a ...
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June 11, 2012
Signed into law on February 22, the Spectrum Act gives public safety the means by which to construct a nationwide ...
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April 26, 2012
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council has issued a new resource to help local public-safety agencies and others looking at ...
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April 10, 2012
Two key communication issues dominate the attention of fire chiefs: Creating a nationwide, broadband system Narrowbanding UHF and VHF radios ...
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April 5, 2018
Not only is the fire service not immune from the speedy pace of retiring Baby Boomers, but given the demographics, culture and traditions, we may be at even greater risk. This article is adapted from one that ran recently in the VCOS newsletter.
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April 5, 2018
Why do people like me cherish respect? Because of my children. I want my children to be respectful of their peers, their employers, their clients and themselves.
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April 3, 2018
Agencies are encouraged to suspend all non-emergency activities during the week of June 17-23
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