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• Fla. city to address 911 deficiencies over a year after Parkland shooting

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  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

• Ky. judge orders 911 dispatch center study

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  Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly requested a study be conducted on the feasibility of consolidating regional 911 dispatch centers into one center

• FirstNet Authority releases roadmap for future network

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  FirstNet officials attended individual engagements, workshops and summits with first responders to ensure the roadmap meets responders’ communication needs

• New Ohio requirement mandates dispatchers be certified

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  The Ohio Department of Administrative Services gave all dispatch centers a deadline to either be EMD certified or to submit a timeline for compliance

• Calif. awarded $11.3M grant to upgrade 911 centers

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  California received the largest award in the country, totaling $11,399,076 to improve its 911 centers

• Study: Ky. county emergency communication system is obsolete

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  The study found some of the system's equipment to send and boost radio signals is no longer being manufactured or supported by manufacturers

• Calif. county purchases 2 MOSES systems with state aid

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  Santa Clara is the first county in the state to purchase the technology, which will be available to other areas in the event of a natural disaster

• Calif. city deploys FirstNet to first responders, agencies that support them

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  San Jose’s emergency action plan calls for deploying FirstNet to both first responders and other city agencies like transportation and public works

• ND 911 center will be built to withstand EF4 tornado winds

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  Officials approved the new building due to the need for a 911 communications center that can withstand man-made and natural disasters

• Wash. city relies on new regional center after dispatchers are laid off, quit

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  The city has lost so many fire dispatchers that it can no longer fully provide fire dispatch services to itself or its neighbors

• Crews responded to 73 fires within Calif. city limits on 'daunting' July 4 night

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  Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Capt. Keith Wade said crews responded to 73 fire-related calls to dispatch, all within city limits

• Making the case for a purpose-built mobile device for fire and EMS

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  A recent survey shows that emergency responders are juggling multiple devices for access to mission critical data in the field

• Ore. county emergency communication tower destroyed

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  The emergency communication tower necessary for loggers, fire personnel and ham radio operators was cut down over the weekend, causing more than $60,000 in damage

• Hundreds of calls flood Ohio 911 call centers after earthquake

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  All of the calls that department received was from people wondering what happened, rather than reporting an emergency

• Wash. county 911 study could lead to EMS dispatch regionalization

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  The information contained in a feasibility study done last year to determine if and how the Twin Cities could run their own 911 service would likely be offered up for use in the Lewis County-TCOMM study

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