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DHS Secretary: Keep Your 10-Codes

DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff has given in to some first responder requests to keep the 10-Code verbal communicatiolns.

News • September 27th, 2005
Virginia's Charlottesville Fire Department to Assist with Katrina Communications Needs

Bill Purcell, who serves as the Charlottesville Fire Department’s Special Operations Battalion Chief, will be making the trip to provide communications support.

News • September 2nd, 2005
Katrina Rescuers Improvise Communications

When the phones don't work, improvise. That's what emergency responders and civilians were forced to do in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

News • September 2nd, 2005
Texas Town Considers Wireless Upgrade For Emergency Response

Public safety agencies already possess most of the necessary equipment

News • August 24th, 2005
Military Might Draft Satellite Radio

The Mobile Enhanced Situational Awareness Network, known as MESA, would get a dedicated channel.

News • June 27th, 2005
Software Glitch Blamed For Massachusetts 911 Failure

When a woman called her local dispatch center, the new high-tech system failed.

News • May 26th, 2005
IAFC Releases Interoperability Handbook

Interoperability is a critical issue affecting the ability to deliver emergency services.

News • May 9th, 2005
Project Heroes Creates PPE of the Future

International Association of Fire Fighters works ongear that would move toward “all-hazards” protection.

News • May 5th, 2005
Emergency Networks Warn Consumers About Internet Phones

Joyce John's parents were both bleeding from gunshot wounds by the time she realized the Internet phone service her family used did not offer 911 service.

News • March 15th, 2005
Houston County, Georgia E-911 Able to Pinpoint Cell Phones

Houston County's E-911 Center can now pinpoint a cell phone caller's location within 100 meters, a feature that's expected to save lives.

News • February 10th, 2005
Nextel to Receive New Broadcast Spectrum

Nextel Communications Inc. agreed Monday to a plan by federal regulators aimed at ending interference from Nextel cell phones that disrupts public safety communication systems in hundreds of communities.

News • February 7th, 2005
San Diego Gets New Display Terminals

The equipment firefighters and paramedics now use is based on MS-DOS, the Microsoft Disk Operating System dating to 1981.

News • October 25th, 2004
FDNY Picks Stratos For Communications

The contract with the includes the purchase of mobile and vehicular satellite terminals using global area network technology.

News • October 13th, 2004
Japanese Firms, Scholars Eye IT-Based Firefighter Uniforms

University researchers and Japanese firms are cooperating to develop new firefighter uniforms equipped with devices based on the latest information technology such as miniature cameras and devices to measure physical conditions to protect users' lives.

News • October 12th, 2004
Philadelphia Mayday Calls: Heard or Not?

City officials work out the kinks in a new $54 million public-safety radio system.

News • September 30th, 2004

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