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How Stimulus Money Will Benefit Public Safety
- Jun 22, 2009
A replacement for the 50-year-old main fire station building in Janesville, Wis., has been on the city's capital improvement project list since 2002, but the city hasn't been able to fund construction.
That may change with the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, which contains $210 million in grants for fire station construction (with no single grant to exceed $15 million).
"Our building is near the end of its life," said Larry J. Grorud, Janesville's fire chief and president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). "It still has the original heating system. The city has grown, but the building has not. So we plan to apply for that funding. The stimulus could be very helpful to us."
Across the country, police, fire and port security officials were pleasantly surprised by the scope of funding ARRA allocated for public safety. The lion's share will flow through the U.S. Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance ...Continue Article...
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21st Century First Responder Survey Executive Summary
Emergency Management recently surveyed it's readers on their agency's use of mobile devices. Click here to view the survey results.
Real Time Command & Control
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Tracking Efficiency
The town of South Windsor, Conn., improves efficiency and optimizes manpower with a mobile GPS solution.
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Case Study: LAPD Enhances Operations and Officer Safety with Cost-Effective In-Car Sprint Solutions
This solution provides officers in the field with access to a range of information, significantly streamlining operations and increasing safety.
Mobile Applications
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On-the-Spot Inquiries Help with Police Work in Franklin County
Undercover officers who need to be subtle about their use of technology find the BlackBerry smartphone a light, portable, discreet way to view information from police databases.
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Response Teams Better Prepared with BlackBerry Solution
Sikeston Public Safety provides police, fire, emergency response and a variety of services that contribute to public safety in the community of Sikeston, Missouri.
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Case Study: PocketCop on BlackBerry Smartphones is a New Tool in Crime Fighting
The Patrol Division is the largest field division in the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, covering 720 square miles, and protecting nearly 700,000 citizens in Oklahoma County and surrounding municipalities.
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BlackBerry® Curve™ 8350i
The latest BlackBerry with Nextel Direct Connect® combines the fastest national push-to-talk network with all the features of a smartphone.
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PocketCop for Police and Law Enforcement
Extend your mobility to enhance protection with secure access to time-critical information.
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Optimal Interoperability For Public Safety
It has never been more important for our nation to strengthen its communications capabilities and improve the level of preparedness to protect our communities.
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Sprint ERT Go-Kit with GST Optima
Rapid, interoperable communications for emergencies, drills and field exercises.
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A New Era in Public Safety
BlackBerry® smartphones running on Sprint networks deliver a wide range of applications that are transforming public safety operations.
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