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A Look at the Federal Interagency Communications Center in San Bernardino
ByAdminThe busiest joint Federal Interagency Communications Center (FICC) in the United States is located in San Bernardino California at the headquarters for the San Bernardino National Forest. The center serves federal fire and law enforcement agents who are in charge of 33,000,000 acres of federal land in Southern California. Dispatchers at the communications center serve…
LAPD Wants to Go on a Building Spree
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SCMA Tour: LAPD Air Support on July 22nd
ByAdminSCMA Members ONLY are invited to a behind the scenes look at LAPD’s Air Support Division at the Hooper Heliport at Piper Tech in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday July 22nd at 10:00 AM. The tour will take 2 to 3 hours. We will see all of the heliport’s facilities including the offices, tower, ramp,…

