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D.C. tests online public safety communication system - 08/28/2008 D-Block debacle: Emergency communications network stalls - 08/27/2008 Code Red system tells 895 Ill. residents about shelter - 08/27/2008 Wireless headset frees up in-cab communications - 08/21/2008 Motorola unveils new multi-band radios at APCO show - 08/21/2008 FDNY: Radio training needed after deadly WTC fire - 08/21/2008 Firm will scrutinize Ga. 911 system after woman's death - 08/19/2008 Ga. town to change dispatch services in wake of delayed response - 08/18/2008 Editorial: Atlanta 911 system needs full review - 08/15/2008 Crash on bridge tests Md. first responders - 08/14/2008 Interoperability system bridges communications gap - 08/11/2008 Tips for purchasing communications equipment - 08/04/2008 Chicago department tests digital radio system - 07/23/2008 'Delay to action' faulted in fatal Minn. fire - 07/14/2008 Md. plans uniform radio system - 07/11/2008 Out-of-state help arrives for Calif. firefighters - 06/25/2008 Near Misses Highlight Poor Communication - 06/09/2008 Woman thanks Mo. dispatcher for saving life - 05/28/2008 Maine county resumes handling 911 calls - 05/23/2008 911 system seemed to work properly in fatal Maine fire - 05/21/2008 USFA highlights lessons learned from Minn. bridge collapse - 04/21/2008 In 'catastrophic failure' Fla. 911 misses 300 calls - 04/18/2008 San Francisco mayor moves to speed 911 services - 04/15/2008 FCC's emergency network plan hits hang-ups - 04/15/2008 San Francisco officials explore potential solutions to response delays - 04/14/2008 San Francisco 911 misses target in one fourth of calls - 04/13/2008 Philadelphia first responders lack interoperability training - 04/10/2008 'STEP' into Better Horizontal Communications - 03/31/2008 Va. LODD highlights digital radio system issues - 03/28/2008 Dallas' upgraded dispatch system down for nearly three hours - 03/22/2008 Fire department takes over ambulance calls in Fla. city - 03/19/2008 Consolidated 911 cuts N.C. response times by two minutes - 03/18/2008 Dallas firefighters frustrated with automated dispatch system - 03/09/2008 High-tech help for FDNY - 02/26/2008 Fireground Chatter vs. Clear Communication – Part 1 - 02/25/2008 Ret. Fla. firefighter starts national emergency services business - 01/31/2008 Ga. police officer rescues two from fire - 01/23/2008 Mobile communications 'gizmo' being developed in Calif. - 01/18/2008 Radio signal glitches frustrate Texas firefighters - 01/13/2008 Official: 'Miscommunication' before death of Pa. firefighter - 01/08/2008 Fire service too often missing in metro Ala. communities - 12/27/2007 Shutdowns plague Boston's 911 upgrade - 12/20/2007 N.Y. emergency alert system glitch prompts action - 12/17/2007 Calif. firefighters suggest response improvements - 12/12/2007 Wi-Fi links Calif. city schools, emergency workers - 11/30/2007 London officials raise concern over rescue communications - 11/21/2007 Biological attack drill held in Calif. - 11/15/2007 Mass. town upgrades 911 equipment - 11/14/2007 Wash. firefighters lend a hand at Calif. stations - 11/09/2007 Calif. cities eager for 'reverse 911' systems - 11/09/2007 Cooperation stressed at national preparedness conference - 11/08/2007 Atlanta officials lobby for new communication system - 10/30/2007 Maine firefighters scramble to find blaze after mix-up with location - 10/20/2007 Mass. region's emergency radio problems cited - 10/01/2007 High-tech van helps Calif. firefighters - 09/19/2007 Fla. firefighters welcome new radio system - 09/19/2007 Pa. fire chief questions council about ongoing radio problems - 09/13/2007 'Communications lagged' in first days of Lake Tahoe Angora fire - 09/11/2007 Wis. responders respond en masse to track meet - 08/29/2007 Dallas emergency workers struggle with new dispatch system - 08/29/2007 Baltimore bridge incident sheds light on communication break-down - 08/23/2007 Calif. bay area leaders close to emergency radio interoperability - 08/15/2007 Report finds mistakes in response to fatal Va. fire - 08/04/2007 911 alert problem in Pa. prompts retraining - 08/03/2007 Editorial: Were the deaths in Calif. house fire preventable? - 07/25/2007 Feds award $1 billion for emergency radios - 07/18/2007 U.K.'s 3bn pound emergency service radios 'seriously flawed' - 07/07/2007 Girl, 4, called 911 nearly 300 times - 07/06/2007 Officials probe response to Tahoe blaze - 07/05/2007 Utah pushing 9-1-1 improvements - 06/18/2007 L.A. responders may soon accept text messages - 06/13/2007 Maine cities agree on call-center merger - 06/12/2007 4 La. parishes say they're ready for next big one - 06/08/2007 FEMA ready for hurricane season - 05/16/2007 Calif. officials looking to use cell phones for disaster alerts - 05/16/2007 Governors of disaster-struck states fear lack of disaster response - 05/14/2007 Confusion stalling Fla. fire response - 05/12/2007 Calif. plans cell phone alerts - 05/09/2007 FDNY drill at ground zero tests L.A. corp.'s wireless technology - 05/08/2007 Calif. counties closer to radio systems link - 05/07/2007 Alaska test to see how emergency services react to imaginary crises is tied to national exercise - 05/02/2007 Calif. counties come closer to unifying radio systems - 05/02/2007 L.A. officials call for funds to help first responders - 04/29/2007 Maine computer system tracks arsonists - 04/27/2007 FDNY commissioner announces city-wide disaster preparedness plan - 04/25/2007 Rescuers often can't find 911 callers - 04/25/2007 Idaho agencies on same wavelength to improve communication - 04/22/2007 Technology cuts N.C. response time - 04/18/2007 Nuclear attack drill highlights flaws in readiness - 04/16/2007 WiFi access could have Houston city workers plugged in, prepared - 04/10/2007 Improved warning system in Calif. ready - 04/08/2007 An SOS for 911 systems in age of high-tech - 04/07/2007 Okla. regional disaster response strengthened - 04/05/2007 Interoperability plans garner additional $400M from government funding - 04/02/2007 Pa. emergency radio system slow to connect - 04/02/2007 Va. first responders take on telecom players in battle over airwaves - 03/27/2007 Top companies gather in Washington to discuss business, disaster response - 03/26/2007 Cisco upgrades first-responder IP-radio system - 03/26/2007 Emergency workers at Ala. tornado failed to use new radio network - 03/13/2007 Reliance on cells slowed Ala. tornado emergency crews - 03/12/2007 Seattle's emergency preparedness needs to improve, report says - 03/01/2007 Boston councilor pushes for enhanced 911 service - 02/23/2007 Combined dispatch study in Ohio seems to be going smoothly - 02/22/2007 6 Ohio suburbs to share grant for radio equipment - 02/21/2007 Device will aid Ohio emergency responders - 02/16/2007 Calif. fire center communications system in one hub - 02/14/2007 New York, D.C. lose Anti-Terror funding - 02/08/2007 Fla. communities weigh storm warnings - 02/06/2007 N.Y. county want to link Amish to E-911 - 02/06/2007 Neb. towns split on 911 upgrades - 01/23/2007 Columbus, Ohio, ranks among U.S. cities most emergency ready - 01/19/2007 $7.2 million radio system ends dead spots in Fla. - 01/18/2007 San Antonio weather officials say warnings to get more specific - 01/17/2007 Fire warning delay angers San Francisco residents - 01/16/2007 Feds praise Anaheim, Calif., homeland communications system - 01/12/2007 Chicago's emergency chief discusses city's shaky state of preparedness - 01/09/2007 Omaha, Neb. emergency communications rated average - 01/05/2007 St. Louis' metro region disaster communications rank in the middle, study says - 01/04/2007 New York City outscored on disaster rating - 01/03/2007 Report: Disaster communications subpar in U.S. - 01/03/2007 Ham radio systems sprouting up in Calif. to help emergency services - 12/30/2006 Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff puts interoperability on fast track in cities - 11/30/2006 D.C. moves beyond walky-talkies and toward interoperability - 11/28/2006 '10-4' is out; emergency workers encouraged to use plain talk - 11/20/2006 FireRescue Expo Session Recap: Objective-Based Strategy & Tactics - 11/09/2006 Communication woes vex N.M. fire department - 10/27/2006 Pa. firefighters air concerns over radios - 10/19/2006 Radio communication upgrades connects Arkansas agencies - 10/04/2006 New dispatch facility in Washington, D.C., seen as model for rest of country - 09/28/2006 FCC opens Bureau of Public Safety and Homeland Security - 09/27/2006 Emergency Fire Ground Transmissions - 09/18/2006 Report: Failure to communicate could cripple terror response in Boston - 08/23/2006 Shortages keep N.M. dispatchers in high demand - 08/21/2006 EDITORIAL: We have the technology for a more efficient emergency broadcast system - 08/07/2006 House approves bill to ease communications among first responders - 07/26/2006 L.A. calls for countywide emergency radio system - 06/20/2006 Minn. emergency center will put lifesaving agencies in sync - 06/15/2006 OPINION: Helping first responders; Create a nationwide public-safety network - 06/06/2006 N.Y. developer launches improved emergency communications system - 06/01/2006 'Voice' of L.A. Fire Dept. has final words - 06/01/2006 Five years after Sept. 11, radio repeaters still rare in NYC skyscrapers - 06/01/2006 Dallas' 9-1-1 system to undergo review after news story detailed problems - 06/01/2006 N.Y.C. to test wireless networks for emergency responders - 05/10/2006 Katrina communications fiasco detailed in Senate report - 05/04/2006 Homeland Security lags on adopting interoperable radio standards - 04/19/2006 The errors of Sept. 11 have city at work on radio system - 04/11/2006 Lousiana agencies still plagued by interoperability issues - 04/10/2006 Heat is on Detroit 911 after mom's death - 04/08/2006 Ga. dispatchers hold steady as 911 calls flood in - 04/06/2006 Tenn. 911 center studying possible consolidation of dispatch staff - 03/23/2006 Terrytown, La., firefighters given money for pagers - 03/23/2006 Chattanooga, Tenn., 911 dispatchers lose 20 percent of calls - 03/22/2006 Need for L.A. dispatch center is questioned - 03/15/2006 Opinion: 'Interoperability' issue still bedevils emergency response - 03/02/2006 Missouri to provide $10 million for radios for use in disasters - 02/03/2006 Md. counties unveil compatible fire radios - 01/20/2006 Penobscot County, Maine, hurries to replace aging transmitter - 01/19/2006 Pa. county's new 911 system able to alert public - 01/19/2006 Vonage turns on emergency 911 service in 1,900 areas - 01/13/2006 Emergency workers hope new device solves communication woes - 01/10/2006 Oxford, Conn., seeks $400,000 grant to upgrade radio equipment - 01/10/2006 Mass. firefighters calling for new radios - 01/07/2006 N.Y. county hears call of centralized dispatch - 01/06/2006 Disparate radios create problem - 12/29/2005 Report finds fault with Boston's terror response - 12/27/2005 Federal government orders changes to radio lingo - 12/01/2005 New phone system to relay emergency information to residents - 12/01/2005 Fix still years off to get seamless communications for police, fire, others - 10/17/2005 Bay Area emergency radio system unveiled - 10/07/2005 N.M. officials use repeaters to keep emergency personnel connected - 10/07/2005 N.C. public safety officials to cut the code, switch to 'plain talk' - 10/05/2005 Bay Area officials tout new emergency radio system for first responders - 10/04/2005 U.S. lacks unified emergency radio system - 09/13/2005 Emergency communications still a problem four years after 9/11 - 09/03/2005


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