Emergency alerts articles
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In FCC comment, NPR voices concern over costs of multilingual emergency alerts
The FCC has proposed creating a process for prescripted alerts in 13 additional languages to be distributed by TV and radio stations, cable providers and other services, according to a February Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
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911: What's your emergency?
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is observed each April to honor the dedication of first response emergency dispatchers for the critical service they provide. Dispatchers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. provide crucial support to first responders both on and off the installation, handling more than 5,000 emergency calls annually.
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An endless housing emergency
The council planners must be thrilled their development blueprint for the next decade has been rubber-stamped, despite a raft of serious objections, and the blunt truth is it will not solve the housing crisis. Rather than accept plans to force businesses to make way for houses are largely pie-in-the sky, the reporters have dodged the issue. “It is acknowledged that the spatial strategy may require higher levels of intervention given the council relies on a number of sites with current occupiers...