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Verizon Mobile Command Center Scores Support Position at Super Bowl XLVI
ByAdminAs thousands of football fans file into Lucas Oil Stadium for Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday (Feb. 5), they can rest assured that Verizon is working to protect their “blind side.” Verizon has deployed its state-of-the-art mobile command center near the stadium to serve as a backup emergency operations center for the city of Indianapolis…
Los Angeles is Deploying Medical Street Teams to Help Protect Homeless People from Coronavirus
ByAdminLos Angeles is sending medical street teams to help protect homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic that’s killed tens of thousands nationwide, city officials said. In the United States alone, the coronavirus outbreak has left more than 37,000 people dead and sickened nearly 710,000. California is one of the hardest-hit states, with about 30,000 cases of infection and more…
LA City Council Approves Police Sites for New LA-RICS LTE Plan
ByAdminLos Angeles City Council members voted to approve the use of 19 city-owned police stations as the location of cell sites for the amended Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) public-safety LTE proposal. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is expected to restart the project—suspended by NTIA since April 3—next week, according to…
Background on the T-Band Give-Back
ByAdminThe publication Urgent Communications has a nice Q and A article on the new law requiring a reallocation of the 700 MHz “D Block” to Public Safety in return for their give-back of the 470 – 512 MHz T-Band frequencies. Here it is: HERE’S A LITTLE T-BAND AID By Alan Tilles Naturally, all of the…
Sikorsky Delivers Two S-70i™ Black Hawk Helicopters to the Los Angeles County Fire Department
ByAdminCOATESVILLE, Pa., Dec. 13, 2017 — Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, delivered two S-70i™ Black Hawk helicopters to the County of Los Angeles at a ceremony in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The S-70i Black Hawk helicopters will be customized to a Firehawk™ configuration to meet L.A. County Fire Department’s specifications and further protect lives and property 24/7….
House Committee Passes $10 Billion 911 Funding Provision
ByAdminLegislation calling for $10 billion in federal funding to support deployment of next-generation 911 (NG911) has been approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, so the matter can be considered by the full U.S. House as part of the proposed $3.5 trillion budget-reconciliation package. House Commerce Committee members voted 31-25 along party lines—Democrats supported…

