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White Paper Because of its unique power, safety and reliability, diesel engines power the majority of the nation's fire and rescue equipment, and ambulances. Driving water pumps, compressors and rescue tools,... [02 Feb 2005]
Public Safety and Homeland Defense: Vital to Emergency Response and Security
White Paper Diesel-powered vehicles are less likely than other types of vehicles to explode when accidents occur or when hit by enemy fire. Furthermore, the low volatility of diesel fuel offers significant safety... [02 Feb 2005]
Performance Capability Recommendations: Second National Conference on Strengthening the Public Safety Response to Terrorism
White Paper The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP), U.S. Conferees included representatives from each of the 50 state law enforcement, fire service and... [21 Jan 2005]
GIS for the Fire Service: HP Services National and Public Safety Solutions
White Paper Tools that help firefighters pinpoint the emergency call location, assess the potential consequences, and determine the most efficient strategy will minimize property damage and better protect the safety of occupants and... [13 Jan 2005]
Spectrum Management for the 21st Century :A Report of the CSIS Commission on Spectrum Management
White Paper September 11, 2001, found responding fire and police departments at times unable to communicate with each other by radio. Access to radio spectrum also plays a crucial role in public safety and homeland... [28 Dec 2004]
Leader: Don't police your workers
Leader Are companies willing to go as far as to threaten to fire a worker for not agreeing to be tracked? Mobile tracking may be no worse than reading employees' emails - but we'd argue that's not the best way to make sure... [14 Oct 2004]
Apple recalls 28,000 overheating PowerBook batteries
News It determined that the source of the problem, which it said could pose a fire hazard, was a short circuit inside the batteries, manufactured by LG Chem of South Korea. The Mac maker said in a statement issued with the US... [20 Aug 2004]
Teenager burned by flaming mobile phone battery
News A Kyocera Wireless 2325 mobile phone caused "fist-size flames" that injured a California teenager earlier this week, according to a fire investigator. Frank Huddleston, an investigator at the Ontario, California... [05 Jul 2004]
Police to use Bluetooth to access intelligence records
News The fire and ambulance services are currently evaluating bids for their own digital radio network but the government has again delayed a decision on the choice of supplier. O2 Airwave is running the PFI contract, which... [25 May 2004]
Presidio's .NET Strategy Brings Multiple Agency Systems Together on the Web
White Paper They also ensure public safety in cooperation with the United States Park Police and the Presidio Fire Department. The Presidio Trust manages the interior 80 percent of the Presidio, including most of... [25 Feb 2004]
The Spokane Fire Department and iCareMobility
White Paper This case study describes how the Spokane Fire Department maintains reliable, secure connections over CDPD and WLAN with iCareMobility. Itronix is a leading supplier of wireless field automation computing solutions to... [25 Feb 2004]
Acer Travelmate Tablet Pc's - A Life Saver For Bartec Fire Safety
White Paper For over 20 years, Bartec Fire Safety Systems has been providing fire safety maintenance services in Western Canada. To more efficiently and thoroughly perform checks on... [25 Feb 2004]
e-Gov Goes Wireless
White Paper Historically, at least 30% of government workforces have always been "mobile," even before high tech - police, fire fighters, parole officers, traffic enforcement, health inspectors, building inspectors, transportation... [25 Feb 2004]
Wildland Fire Information Management Technology
White Paper This new public safety white paper describes how the future of wildland fire management will be influenced substantially by the use of information management technology, namely GIS, for planning and... [25 Feb 2004]
Presidio's .NET Strategy Brings Multiple Agency Systems Together on the Web
They also ensure public safety in cooperation with the United States Park Police and the Presidio Fire Department. The Presidio Trust manages the interior 80 percent of the Presidio, including most of... [29 Oct 2003]
