(AP) – An iPhone application helped a Dallas man, while visiting relatives hundreds of miles away in suburban Hartford, Conn., watch as two burglars broke into his home.
PowerPhone, Inc. a leading provider of emergency communications training and technology solutions announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company patent number 7,764,769 entitled “Integrated Call Handler and E-Mail Systems and Methods.”
If you couldn’t reach 911 in an emergency, what would you do? Call a neighbor? Scream for help? Post a plea for assistance on Facebook?
According to an American Red Cross study on emergency situations, 20% said they would reach out for help through e-mail and social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. The survey of 1,058 U.S. adults ages 18 and over was conducted...
Columbus, OH and Madison, CT – Leading Public Safety software firm, EmergiTech, Inc. and PowerPhone, a leading provider of 911 call taking systems, announced the availability of application integration between their respective Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Computer Aided Call Handling (CACH) systems.
The state’s emergency services director, Bruce Cheney, envisions the day when New Hampshire’s 911 service will catch up with today’s cellular technology and accept text messages, photos, video, and e-mails about crimes and other emergencies.
PowerPhone CEO and self-proclaimed gadget geek, Chris Salafia, spent some alone time with his new iPad over the holiday weekend. He shares his initial thoughts with 9-1-1.com on the potential for this technology in the public safety sector.
CNN soliciting camera phone images of Discovery Building standoff makes good TV I guess. I would rather our responders could receive them!
03:26:32 PM September 01, 2010
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