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• Ohio city Verizon customers without 911 access for hours

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  The 9-1-1 coordinator said the system is has a back-up plan when such an outage occurs

• 911 Emergency Dispatcher: The calm voice in the dark

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  The thin gold line represents those who aren’t ever seen, but are mostly heard; it stands for dispatchers

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  'This is for us and our families': Iowa chief vows to protect firefighters from cancer

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  A small-town volunteer fire department makes changes to reduce exposure to carcinogens after losing one of its founders to cancer

• How one county fire department ensures the fastest response times

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  Cradlepoint’s in-vehicle networking solution offers the always-on connectivity the department needs for its new automatic vehicle location dispatching systems

• FirstNet announces new improvements for 2019

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  AT&T plans to roll out a number of improvements to FirstNet this year

• Ohio city spends $2.3M on new Motorola radios, upgrades for emergency services

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  The city of Springfield has purchased more than 400 new Motorola radios, as well as a new radio system

• Audit: Fla. county 911 centers spending millions due to understaffing

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  Broward County’s 911 centers are spending millions of dollars in overtime — with dispatchers forced to work the extra hours— to make up for continuing vacancies

• Breaking down public safety silos, geographic barriers

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  Seamlessly share data between public safety agencies and mutual aid partners with enterprise information management

• How to achieve operational uniformity with consolidated communication centers

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  Striking the balance between agency independence and operational synergy through conflict resolution, funding and governance

• Video: Firefighter connects with boy using sign language

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  Manchester Fire Department Lt. Mike Rheault engaged with a 9-year-old boy after responding to a fire alarm in his apartment building

• 4 steps to a successful drone program for your fire department

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  Establish your department’s needs and budget, and learn from other departments and how FirstNet can improve your emergency communications to get your first UAV in flight

• How to secure and protect one of your most important tools in the field

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  The LaunchPort Rugged System by iPort offers rugged protection, wireless charging and convenient access for your iPad

• Smooth Migration to Digital Alerting

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  You run an analog alerting network with old pagers that barely receive anymore. You’re tired of your pager repair and replacement budget being spent too fast. You’re frustrated with the long delay of your voice dispatch. Your county is looking into a Project 25 (P25) migration project. If any of these statements apply to you, then this video will be of interest to you. Need grant assistance for your project? Visit https://www.firegrantshelp.com/Swissphone-Grant-Assistance/ to get started.

• How your agency can succeed on purpose, together

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  Don’t rely on trinkets in a pool of piranhas to build a successful fire department

• Today’s firefighter needs a purpose-built helmet

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  New design advances both safety and comfort

• Why responders should join a state incident management team

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  A firefighter relates her experiences responding to Hurricane Michael in southwest Georgia

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