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November 6, 2019
A three meter z-axis metric provides emergency responders with actionable location information, and gives the public greater assurance that when they dial 9-1-1 from their cell phones, emergency responders can find them more quickly.
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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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March 15, 2012
Since 1986, the Federal Communications Commission has required almost all applications for dispatch radio licenses to be examined by certified ...
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March 1, 2012
Chris Essid is director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Communications (OEC). OEC was created by ...
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July 20, 2011
For many businesses, travel and training are among the first things cut when the economy slows. The fire and emergency ...
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June 8, 2011
The IAFC, with its communications partner the International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA), was designated in 1986 by the Federal Communications ...
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June 8, 2011
Project 25 and Multiple Vendors Sourcing A key objective of Project 25 is a healthy competitive environment. There are today ...
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June 8, 2011
When the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) learned a new version of the intrinsically safe (IS) standard affecting land ...
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June 8, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission Narrowbanding Mandate requires all nonfederal radio licensees operating 25 kHz systems in the 150-174 MHz and ...
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March 6, 2021
Fire chiefs are urged to contact their IT departments -- without delay -- to ascertain their departments’ vulnerability.
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February 2021
We must review our incidents with honesty or we’ll never be able to improve as a fire service.
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February 23, 2021
Individuals and organizations honored for exemplary commitment to community wildfire risk reduction.
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