Radio
We should be out of excuses by now
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Have we taken the lessons learned from 9/11 and truly changed our practices?
First responders in Santa Fe County are currently using an unsecure, aging system with many dead spots
EMS union president Oren Barzilay said the open mic incidents are unprofessional but may also be indicative of workplace stress
Matthew W. Milburn told first responders the unconscious subject was ’10-4' and they could cancel their response
The donated equipment can’t fix the radio dead spots that reportedly affected officers’ response to the deadly school shooting, Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez said
The measure authorizes the purchase of 3,700 handheld radios for every police officer in Delaware County as well as most fire and EMS personnel
Local public safety leaders are calling for improvements and redundancies in the communications system
The communications platform for first responders went live in 2017 and currently has three million users nationwide
The Cass County EMS Board is addressing the kind of radios needed and possible local firms to do the graphics for the three ambulances
The county came to a $6.9 million agreement with New Mexico Department of Information Technology (DoIT) to join the Statewide Digital Trunked Radio
Lawmakers are unsure whether American Rescue Plan funds can be used to sustain WyoLink, which connects more than 500 agencies across the state
The county has been given a deadline of 55 days to pay the bill, which is about $500,000 over its budget, after which first responders will no longer have radio communications access
The petition alleges issues including an unreliable radio network, unnecessary spending and poor performance that risks first responders’ safety
First responders in some areas of Erie County reported weak signals and “spotty” coverage despite the recently-implemented $26.5 million system
The system alerts only the fire and EMS stations being dispatched and is meant to reduce first responders’ stress
A proposed ballot measure would help the county raise money to replace the system, which has failed more than four times in the last seven months
Lawmakers have proposed a bill that will prevent the FCC from auctioning off the band of spectrum used by first responders across the country
Luzerne County signed a contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. to order more than 3,000 radios to replace the old analog system
The county’s 911 coordinator said the “questionable” reliability of the current system “is a safety risk to our responders”
911 callers were put on hold and transferred, and the emergency radio system froze due to excessive traffic during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly requested a study be conducted on the feasibility of consolidating regional 911 dispatch centers into one center
The county will start using AT&T wireless phone services and will save $360 a month compared to the Verizon rates the county was paying
Commissioners were asked to approve $92,500 for Next-Gen call routing software and $1.3 million for an upgrade/refresh to the VESTA system
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