Fire Communications News & Articles

• On-Demand Webinar: What Firefighters Want from Incident Commanders

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  Unpacking the command-focused survey results and how ICs can level up their skills through training and operations

• On-Demand Webinar: Firefighter health: Building a fire department culture that supports station-level wellness

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  How fire service leaders can help their members build a resilient mind, employ functional fitness, and access useful nutrition and sleep resources

• Webinar: Gear up for PPE changes: What’s ahead for NFPA 1971

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  Get an early look at the changes on the table and their likely consequences, and learn more about the decision to restructure PPE-focused standards

• ‘Never forget’: Meaning, purpose and emphasis

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  Cebollero, Dudley and Ludwig discuss honoring the legacy of 9/11

• On-Demand Webinar: How connectivity empowers rural fire agencies with greater operational efficiency and increased situational awareness

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  Find out how one rural fire department went mobile and improved communication among its volunteers and the department's situational awareness

• What 5G means for public safety and what you need to know

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  The T-Mobile wireless network makes use of both low- and mid-band frequencies to deliver America's largest 5G network and new operational capabilities for first responder agencies

• 3 ways to boost firefighter safety with integrated tech tools

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  Find out how the Motorola Solutions Unified Fire Technology Suite can help your crews respond faster, smarter and safer

• Apps every firefighter should have on their phone

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  We have more information available at our fingertips than ever before

• Excited delirium: The Long Beach integrated medical response

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  After extensive planning and training, the Long Beach IMR Pilot Program has launched to provide safe, timely and appropriate medical care to individuals in crisis

• On-demand webinar: The first 15 minutes of disaster: Creating order from chaos

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  View this virtual tabletop webinar to help prepare you to respond to the next mass casualty incident in your jurisdiction

• ‘Massive amount of damage’: Kentucky EF-4 tornado response play-by-play

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  After a tornado tore through Mayfield, fire crews searched for survivors, evacuated the local jail, and mourned a friend

• The dollars are in the details: How to make your case to win grant funding (infographic)

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  Download this free guide for tips to help you and your department craft a successful grant application

• On-demand webinar: Mayday survival – Personal experiences, practical tactics

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  Battalion Chief Steve Conn and Lt. Bassel Ibrahim detail mayday lessons from real-world events and progressive training

• AT&T marks $130B invested into FirstNet over 5 years

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  The communications platform for first responders went live in 2017 and currently has three million users nationwide

• Nearly 100 vehicles involved in pileup on Ore. interstate

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  Multiple agencies responded to the wreck and uninjured drivers were taken to the Pendleton Convention Center

• Conn. city to upgrade decades-old communications equipment for dispatch, 6 FDs

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  With the purchase, the city’s paid and volunteer FDs will all be on the same mobile communications system and able to communicate with mutual-aid units

• Get your 2021 AFG Communications Project Guide (eBook)

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  Use this expert guide to help you apply for and win AFG funding for your communications project

• Why you need a handheld radio designed to the latest fire standards

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  The new XL Extreme 400P from L3Harris is much more than P25-compliant

• On-demand webinar: Public safety communications technology: past, present and future

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  Taking a deeper look into the role of technology in public safety, our presenters offer insights into current technology use, and how it can save lives.

• FDNY, Columbia work to improve EMS response operations, balance hospital capacity loads

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  "Our new pattern for FDNY EMS is shaving about a minute off ambulance trips from incident locations to hospitals,” said Professor Andrew Smyth

• FD lacked direct communication with private EMS, organizers at Astroworld

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  According to Houston's FF union president, officials had asked for radios to contact private EMS but were only provided cellphone numbers

• The return of a favorite TV show gets this family talking

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  Watching ‘COPS’ together is more than a welcome mental getaway – it sparks important conversations about what it means to be a first responder

• How the American Rescue Plan can help your agency purchase new radios (eBook)

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  Download this free grant guide to learn more about how your department can benefit from this federal funding opportunity

• How Indianapolis FD avoided an expensive upgrade and gained more reliable connectivity

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  Replacing an outdated proprietary system not only saved money, it improved speed, reliability and mobility

• N.Y. awarded $45M in grant funding to improve emergency communications

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  State grant funding has been awarded to counties statewide and the city of New York for improving communications operability

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