Posts Tagged ‘first responders’

• Is It Possible to Have Too Much Access Control?

  • January 22nd, 2020
  • Posted in Access Control
  • Tags: access control, access control systems, first responders

  A sound access control system is essential for keeping your business protected against external threats. All of your employees, customers, and clients deserve to feel as safe as possible. Unfortunately, as we have seen from a spate of violent incidents… Read More

• RF Code Changes and Protecting First Responders

  • December 2nd, 2019
  • Posted in Mass Notification Systems
  • Tags: first responders, mass notification systems, RF code, RF code changes

  In the event of an emergency, we all want first responders to be on the scene as soon as possible. However, since many campus administrators are most concerned about their community, they might not always have first responders in mind…. Read More

• DHS Outlines Its New Emergency Communications Plan

  • April 1st, 2011
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tags: 9/11, ARK Systems, Chris Essid, city, Communication, cooperative efforts, county, Date communication Maryland, department, DHS Outlines Its New Emergency Communications Plan, Emergency, emergency communication, emergency cummincation, Emergency protocol, EMS, EMT, fire department, first responders, IWCE, IWCE 2011, Las Vegas, Maryland, mass notification emergency communication, National emergency, national emergency communication, National Emergency Communications Plan, Office of Emergency Communications, operate, Plan, police, police department, process, proposal, protocol, state, terrorist attack, tradeshow

  At the IWCE 2011 tradeshow in Las Vegas, DHS Director of the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) Chris Essid estimated that 3 million people in the U.S. could be considered first responders. But what good is such an elaborate emergency… Read More