Just as methodical programs to improve emergency communications interoperability are building up speed, new technologies threaten to derail the entire effort. Emergency responders find that new mobile ...

House subcommittee leaders say more is needed to make emergency communications devices interoperable; they and other officials say FEMA should stay in DHS. Leaders of a key House subcommittee today ...

COMCARE, the Emergency Interoperable Consortium (EIC), and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) announced the successful trial of new emergency data communications standards ...

Communications interoperability is a problem facing nearly all of the nation’s 50,000 emergency response authorities that will take years to fix. But Wayne County, Mich., has already launched a system ...

VIENNA, Va., Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and trusted advocate for nationwide interoperability, is launching a new Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup ...

Coordinated emergency responses within and between the fire, ambulance and police service is hampered by the lack of standardised operational procedures, rather than technology according to a new ...

WASHINGTON - A group of federal officials, security and fire trade associations and other organizations with interests in the fire equipment realm will meet sometime this month to continue an industry ...

In the first quarter of 2009, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to adopt an alerting protocol in line with Common Alerting Protocol 1.1 as the standard ...

The Regulatory Authority [RA] is inviting the public to comment on its Interconnection and Interoperability Emergency General Determination 2021. A spokesperson said, “In keeping with the Regulatory ...

Democrats who will assume leadership roles on homeland security when the new Congress convenes in January are questioning Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s recently stated goal for having ...

COMCARE, the Emergency Interoperable Consortium (EIC), and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) announced the successful trial of new emergency data communications standards ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the first quarter of 2009, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management ...