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<title>Salt Lake City looks to combine police, fire 911 center</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY &mdash; Salt Lake City&#39;s new public safety building is more than a year from its scheduled completion. But when it opens in July 2013, it will house a combined police and fire 911 emergency and dispatch center &mdash; if Mayor Ralph Becker gets his way. Right now, the city&#39;s police and fire departments have separate dispatch centers ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:34:32 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Chicago Fire Dept. using digital radios for NATO summit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Fran Spielman The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO &mdash; A $23 million digital radio system &mdash; purchased in 2006 under a no-bid contract awarded under questionable circumstances &mdash; will help speed emergency response during the NATO Summit. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford disclosed Thursday that &quot;some of the channels&quot; provided by the long-stalled Motorola system would ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:31:32 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Kan. responders to choose public, private radio communications</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Aly Van Dyke Topeka Capital-Journal TOPEKA, Kan. &mdash; Shawnee County could get a new 911 emergency radio system that allows responders to switch between encrypted and public traffic. But the only thing that would stop an officer &mdash; or an entire agency &mdash; from blocking radio traffic all the time is a departmental policy, Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller said Thursday. &quot;There&#39;s ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:03:32 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Verizon will have 911 texting service</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By FR1 Staff Verizon announced Tuesday that it is working on a 911 texting service that will enable those who are unable to make voice calls to reach out for help during emergencies. The SMS service will offer an alternative for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing and cannot make voice calls. It also aids those who could be placed in additional danger by speaking. Verizon is partnering with TeleCommunication ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 17:18:49 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Founding member of volunteer department dies trying to extinguish fire in yard</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Harold Wilson, 84, may have suffered medical emergency, collapsed into flames]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 18:59:01 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Best practices for safe and effective communications</title>
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<description><![CDATA[All personnel must be trained to use their radios in conjunction with other protective equipment. Comprehensive and continuing training is critical as communications is a key component of the firefighter’s overall safety ensemble...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:24:19 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Portable Radio User Guide </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Users and their behaviors have an impact on the effectiveness of fireground communications. Human factors, such as the way we speak and organization of reports, affect communications...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:50:22 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Stay Charged</title>
<author><![CDATA[Doug Wyllie]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[Doug Wyllie FireRescue1 StaffYou have a &quot;go bag&quot; at home? The kind that contains some personal items as well as some of the duty gear you have &quot;spares&quot; for? You should, if for no other reason than the possibility you may be called to provide mutual aid sometime in the middle of the night. What if that call takes you to another state? What if it means being there for a few days?Buy ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:12:28 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>C4i Launches New Deployable AMICS Product</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ RESTON, VA&mdash; C4i recently released the latest product in its SwitchplusIP&reg; communications suite. The Advanced Multi-Interface Interoperable Communications Systems (AMICS) was showcased at the DEFEXPO 2012 conference in New Delhi. The product is a communications hub designed for users with rapid deployment requirements with a wide range of communication assets, such as tactical Air Defense ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:41:15 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Sonetics Granted New Patent for Vehicle Communication System Using Wireless Headsets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Wireless Communication Pioneer Addresses Full Duplex Communication and Extended Range with DECT-Based Technology Portland, OR &mdash;Sonetics Corporation announced today that it has been granted U.S. patent number 8,126,492 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent describes improved vehicle crew communication technology and systems employing multiple wireless headsets using DECT protocols ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:27:16 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Carlson and Neul Launch First Commercially Available White Space Radio System Created for WISPs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Affordable and energy-efficient opportunity for white space coverage Arcata, Calif. &amp; Cambridge, England - Carlson and Neul today announced the launch of RuralConnect, the first commercially available radio networking system to deliver the full promise of TV white space broadband to WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers). RuralConnect, the first product in a line co-created by the two leaders ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:04:58 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Iowa Air National Guard Upgrades Communications to C4i's SwitchplusIP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alexandria, VA&mdash;In early 2011, C4i was contacted by the Iowa Air National Guard&rsquo;s 132nd Fighter Wing based in Des Moines, Iowa to begin discussions regarding the replacement of their aging communications system, which was no longer supportable. Several vendors had already presented equipment but could not meet the customer requirements. Thus, the SwitchplusIP&trade; product line was demonstrated ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:28:15 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Raytheon Emphasizes Bluetooth Interoperability in New Server System</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Open standards server builds on Raytheon&rsquo;s practice of interoperability with public safety communications systems LAS VEGAS &ndash; Raytheon Company&rsquo;s (NYSE: RTN) new interoperability server includes advanced features to help public safety agencies communicate with one another, the company announced at the International Wireless Communications Expo. The features include the ability to bring ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:39:18 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Grants: What do I do now?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Untitled Document You'll filled our your request for grant assistance. Now what? Visit www.FireGrantsHelp.com for more information. </html>  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:17:40 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>C4i Dispatch Radio Gateway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[See if C4i's dispatch radio gateway can survive this drop test! ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:56:13 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>C4i TODAY</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Doug Wyllie hosts C4i TODAY. Pay close attention - you could end up winning $100.  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:10:59 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Scout by Avtec Inc.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This APCO-TV video of the Nassau County Fire Communications Center was featured at the 2011 Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Philadelphia: http://www.apcotv.com/conference/2011_reports/the_future_of_911/. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:14:56 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Avtec Scout Dispatch Consoles - Simsbury, CT and Meriden, CT</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An overview of Avtec's Scout dispatch console systems featuring the Simsbury Volunteer Fire Department and the City of Meriden Public Safety Dispatch Center. The film debuted at the annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Philadelphia on 8/7/2011: http://www.apcotv.com/conference/communications_is_key/ . ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:08:16 UTC</pubDate>

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