911 Technology
The latest in 911 News, 911 Technology, and Emergency Communications
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The Needle with Wireless Haystacks The age old dispatch problem of locating callers was the focus of an article that recently appeared on the website Fierce Wireless on January 25th.
A company called WirelessWERX has developed an in building location system using bluetooth enabled mobile devices.
The full Firece Wireless article can be found here, but the quest for automated location systems raises some...
by Jerry at January 26th, 2010 at 11:01 am
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The Last Mile As aid begins to flow in Haiti there has been interest in the ability of social network systems to remain operational,to some degree, while the more traditional networks have failed in the devastation. Besides services like Twitter, and to a certain extent SMS, allowed brief messages in and out, use of Skype has also been evident particularly by news outlets. The ability...
by Jerry at January 19th, 2010 at 10:01 am
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Disasters and Social Networking
Once again a major disaster has highlighted the growing use of social networking sites as the primary means of communicating in the aftermath of a crisis. Following the collapse of traditional channels of communication in Haiti, services like Twitter and Ushahidi have become the main source of contact and visual maps detailing aid and damage.
Just as during the initial...
by Jerry at January 16th, 2010 at 05:01 pm
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Kentucky 911 Twitter Account Surfaces MetroSafe officials in Louisville say they are taking action after a news report uncovered a 911 operator’s Twitter account, called “funny911calls.”
It appears the employee, identified by MetroSafe as Meghan Atwood, was using the Twitter account while taking 911 calls, and posting call information and criticism of 911 callers online.
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by Sarah at January 12th, 2010 at 02:01 pm
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911 Call is a Stumper This week’s featured blog was contributed by PowerPhone’s 911 training instructor, Ret. Chief Dennis Bryson. In addtion to teaching the Advanced Fire Service Dispatch class, Dennis has been actively involved in the fire service for 20 years. During his tenure as Chief of Rural Fire Protection #1 in Florence, Oregon, he directed fire suppression operations,...
by Sarah at January 5th, 2010 at 02:01 pm
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Man Saved Thanks to Dispatcher and Technology Learn how to handle calls such as these by taking a PowerPhone Dispatcher Training Course!
A text message and a calm dispatcher helped the Fort Bend County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office deputies locate a 28-year-old man who was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced inside the trunk of his car.
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by Sarah at January 5th, 2010 at 09:01 am
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Mom Tweets About Son’s Death
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Amid tweets about the weather and her pets, blogger Shellie Ross shocked many of her 5,000 followers with a message on Twitter they weren’t expecting to read. Ross’ public announcement of her son’s death prompted both sympathy and anger from fellow bloggers, many of whom were so taken aback by the shocking announcement...
by Sarah at December 30th, 2009 at 09:12 am
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