By Aly Van Dyke Topeka Capital-Journal TOPEKA, Kan. — Shawnee County could get a new 911 emergency radio system that allows responders to switch between encrypted and public ...
By EMS1 Staff WASHINGTON — 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 ...
The Associated Press NEW YORK — The city's overhauled 911 system is beset by delays and errors that could leave callers without help for crucial seconds in an emergency, ...
By Lucas Sullivan The Columbus Dispatch COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of Ohio University students who develop video games has produced a federally funded computer program to help ...
By Rick Markley EMS1 Staff On Feb 22, President Obama signed into law the payroll tax cut extension bill that included reallocating the 700 MHz D Block spectrum. The reallocation ...
Mapping almost 6,000 miles of public streets and 482,000 structures with addresses won't be easy for authorities ...
By Aly Van Dyke The Topeka Capital-Journal TOPEKA, Kan. — After more than a year of research, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Management Board has a ...
Naples Daily News NAPLES, Fla. — The 911 call that saved Donald Evans' life in November 2010 almost didn't. Dialed from a cell phone in the Aqualane Shores ...
EMS has come a long way since the 1970s, when ambulances morphed from converted hearses to big, boxy trucks. It was a time when ambulance attendants became EMS providers, changing ...
From the pages of a good sci fi book — except it's real. Posting units around a community is nothing new -- for better or worse, system status management has been around ...
2011 was an exciting year full of technological advances in EMS. Many highly sophisticated new devices were introduced, each taking years to develop ...
The development of mobile medical devices with internet connectivity is about to have a huge impact on EMS. ...
By Jeanette KozlowskiNowadays, it's basically a requirement to "have an app for that." No longer a novelty, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications have become essential ...
As the newest wireless technology rolls out, it's a good time to take look at what has been, where we are today, and what might coming down the pike for tomorrow ...
By Dominic Adams The Journal GazetteSTEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. — A communications company believes it has solved problems that forced Steuben County officials to turn off a new ...
An integrated vehicle performance monitoring and control, communication, safety, and fuel savings system was highlighted at EMS Today in Baltimore. ...
Public Opinion CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Franklin County's $6.9 million 911 dispatch system has passed muster, and will see use later this month.Police departments will be the ...
By Doug Wyllie EMS1 StaffSomething pretty special happened during the 2010 Motorola Integrated Command & Control Users' Conference at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas last ...
With all the physiological data we have available nowadays, we need a way to send all this to the hospital. ...
By Doug Wyllie FireRescue1 StaffIn recent weeks there has been increasing chatter on the concept of allocating to public safety the 10 MHz D-Block of 700 MHz spectrum. As has been ...
