emergency services
£4.2m flood alert tech raises the alarm
News The FWD system alerts emergency services simultaneously with residents, raising the alarm through telephone, fax, SMS, email or pager. Fujitsu Services will continue to run the Floodline Warnings Direct (FWD) system for another two years under the... [29 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment I'm not against a basic ID card, photo, name, address, emergency contact details etc. Not sure where and how Ofcom carried out this survey but we have offices in Southampton, Taunton, Bristol and Birmingham with staff living in 'rural' areas around... [29 May 2008]
Hull City Council Leverages Spatial Assets to Boost Responsiveness and Transform Disaster Management
White Paper The challenge was to accelerate response times to emergency situations through coordinated, real-time information management and sharing. Hull City Council wanted to maximize use of location-based asset information for users within council... [21 May 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo The receiver/carrier WB400A was placed in police stations and emergency services buildings and received warnings by a secure government telephone line. The large red 'Scram' button in the centre of the control panel would shut down the reactor in... [01 May 2008]
Arizona's SIREN Speeds Information Flow, Helps to Avert Potential Epidemics
White Paper Whether the disease is SARS, the Bird Flu, or the West Nile Virus, the key to addressing a medical emergency - as well as to quell a dangerous public panic - is to identify a potential outbreak early, marshal medical resources rapidly, and contain... [30 Apr 2008]
Hospital Transport Service Saves Money, Boosts Quality With Integrated-Data Solution
White Paper MedSTAR Transport provides air-medical and ground-ambulance services to tertiary-care facilities around Washington, D.C.and Baltimore and emergency transport to other area hospitals. To cope with a 25 percent growth rate between 2004 and 2006 and... [16 Apr 2008]
H.R. 2898, a Bill to Improve Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Citizen Activated Emergency Response Capabilities Through the Use of Enhanced 911 Wireless Services
White Paper This webcast discusses about H.R.a bill to improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through the use of enhanced 911 wireless services. [10 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up That emergency exit is suddenly looking rather inviting, isn't it? Travellers on UK airlines who simply can't go a couple of hours without calling the office or loved ones, or possibly loved ones in the office, will be able to take advantage of the... [28 Mar 2008]
Improving Spectral Efficiency and Reducing Adjacent Channel Interference of a Wireless Emergency Communication System
White Paper This has led to the development of the Wireless Priority Service, which will queue emergency calls if they are first blocked. Cellular services have been ineffective in providing defense and disaster recovery communications. [24 Mar 2008]
FDM lands multimillion contract with FiReControl
News FDM will be the prime supplier of training for the FiReControl project, which aims to consolidate emergency fire comms in England into nine regional control centres so firefighters can get to emergencies more quickly. [18 Mar 2008]
Demand for In-Vehicle Infotainment Picks Up Speed
White Paper Automakers face the challenge of delivering innovative, integrated services for driver and passenger entertainment, driver assistance (such as navigation, emergency calling, etc.productivity (like e-mail, web browsing and calendaring) and... [04 Mar 2008]
VirtualizeIT Designs and Implements a High Availability/Disaster Recovery Virtual Infrastructure for Accident and Emergency Command & Control
White Paper Two Shire Ambulance NHS Trust was formed in 1993, following the merger of the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire ambulance services. IT Manager, was responsible for sourcing a solution to his business challenge of providing an infrastructure that... [04 Mar 2008]
Solution Provider Uses Virtualization to Cut Costs, Add Flexibility, Boost New Business
White Paper Florida-based AcXess is a Microsoft partner whose resilient on-demand application solutions provide a virtual platform to help customers increase business and avoid loss of revenue during emergency situations. [29 Feb 2008]
Rescue Workers Reduce Costs and Improve Processes With Unified Communications
White Paper Tayside Fire and Rescue provides emergency services to 400,000 people in Scotland. The organization spends most of its budget on its people and equipment - with only a small percentage available for Information Communications Technology (ICT). [19 Feb 2008]
Emergency Medical Services Authority Chooses Cisco Catalyst 4500s for a Network With a Future
White Paper Established in Tulsa in 1977, Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) provides pre-hospital and advanced life-support care for more than 1.1 million Oklahomans. Emergency Medical Services Authority wanted to improve network reliability and... [10 Jan 2008]
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