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  • Radio Interference: A Public Safety Perspective

    Over the past several years, a radio interference problem has presented itself as a dangerous situation for all public safety agencies that are using or are migrating to 800 MHz radio systems.

    News • April 9th, 2004

  • Man Detained After California Explosives Scare
    Man Detained After California Explosives Scare

    A man with what reportedly turned out to be pills in a backpack and trash in an ice chest threatened to blow up two buses today, inconvenienced 1,000 people and ended up in jail

    News • April 8th, 2004

  • Cell Phones Disrupt Some Firefighting Radios

    The proliferation of cell phones is having potentially dangerous consequences for firefighters and police officers, who in some places can't use their radios to call for help because of interference from cell signals

    News • April 6th, 2004

  • Use of Mesh Network Technology May Expand

    A company whose emergency-response devices communicate through each other rather than through a centralized hub alone is expanding the technology to work on other kinds of wireless equipment.

    News • March 18th, 2004

  • Package Prompts Closure of Georgia Capitol

    About 1,400 people were evacuated Thursday from the Georgia Capitol and five other state buildings after a worker handling a package reportedly developed a rash, officials said.

    News • March 12th, 2004

  • NYU Researchers Work with NYC Fire Department

    Researchers at New York University’s Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) have reached an agreement with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to develop a computerized command board for major fire operations.

    News • February 2nd, 2004

  • Mayor Bloomberg: NYC 911 Needs Emergency Fix

    Mayor Bloomberg wants to merge police, fire and EMS dispatchers into one unit, The Post has learned.

    News • February 2nd, 2004

  • Mapping Software Jolts City Governments

    GIS has become a powerful homeland security tool.

    News • February 1st, 2004

  • California Firefighters Say New Heart Message Device Saved Woman

    Fremont firefighters are crediting a new external heart-massage device with helping to save the life of a clinically dead woman.

    News • January 19th, 2004

  • Sept. 11 Probers Look at Emergency Radios

    Concerns about the effectiveness of emergency radios on Sept. 11 have focused on technological flaws, but probers on Tuesday identified another problem: too many people trying to talk at once.

    News • December 2nd, 2003

  • New York City Report: 911 System 'Failed' in '03 Blackout

    A comprehensive report on this summer's massive blackout was released today by the city. Overall, it found that most everything ran according to plan, except for one crucial area -- the city's 911 system.

    News • November 21st, 2003

  • Motorola To Build Radio System For Two Virginia Counties

    Motorola Inc. will build a new system that will allow radio communications among public safety agencies in two Virginia counties for the first time, officials of the Schaumburg, Ill., company said today

    News • November 19th, 2003

  • House OKs 911 Cellular Bill

    The House yesterday OK'd a bill that, if passed, might have saved the lives of four teens who drowned off City Island.

    News • November 5th, 2003

  • Supercomputers Can't Predict Wildfires

    Frustrated scientists carry an extra burden as they watch wildfires torch southern California: Days ago, their instruments told them this destruction would happen.

    News • October 29th, 2003

  • 9-1-1 Dispatchers In Tampa, Florida Can Now Track Calls From Mobile Phones

    Emergency 9-1-1 dispatchers in Tampa are implementing new technology they hope will save lives

    News • October 7th, 2003

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