Monday, October 7, 2019

In the fight against Washington wildfires, drones are now as vital as chainsaws

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Wildland firefighting has become an increasingly high-tech endeavor. Maps drawn from satellite imagery are coupled with microscale weather...
Friday, October 4, 2019

Rural Fire Service Bad Roads and Drones or UAV's

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The ability for the fire chief or incident commander to rapidly access fire and emergency scenes depend on the information they have at the ...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Are Air Ambulances Taking Patients for a Ride?

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One of my former posts was  Reduce Inappropriate Helicopter Utilization in EMS . In that post we learned the  appropriate reasons to use an ...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Communication Breakdown On 9/11 When Emergency Communications Break Down

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Communication Breakdown On 9/11 We are never prepared for communications to fail, and when they do people die.  A new report by the feder...
Monday, September 9, 2019

It's 4 AM the Earth Shakes You Hit the Light Switch and Nothing....

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It's 4 AM you're almost thrown from bed and realize we just had a major earthquake. Y our feet hit the floor you reach for the light...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Amateur Radio Is There When All Else Fails

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Imagine there’s been a natural disaster in your area. You’ve lost power, it’s impossible to get in your car and drive somewhere safe, and m...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

With a Black FirstNet SIM Card, First Responders' Calls Go Ahead of Yours

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FirstNet is a network built for first responders. It's not part of the what the public uses, it's not part of the AT&T business ...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Each year firefighters are killed responding to calls.. Thank You Golden Valley Fire for Driver Training

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Several volunteers from LMR received driver training from Golden Valley Fire District over the last couple weeks. Young or old we all need t...
Sunday, August 18, 2019

What's the Difference Between FirstNet and Verizon’s Public Safety Service

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I t's important  first responders understand the various types of systems cellular carriers offer and how they compare. Today we depend ...
Saturday, August 10, 2019

I Love My Sonim XP8 Smart Phone Now It Gets P25 Trunking and gateway Mode

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Sonim Technologies says SLED accessory on LTE smartphone will support direct mode, P25 trunking, ad-hoc gateway. Article from Urgent Communi...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

How You Can Help Map FirstNet Coverage for Our Area

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If you have Firstnet service from AT&T help map where FirstNet has good coverage and where it doesn't in our area. The app OpenSig...
Sunday, August 4, 2019

HAM's and FEMA Join Forces for Disaster Communication Partnership

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FEMA and ARRL Announce Disaster Communication Partnership Release date:  July 18, 2014        HQ...
Monday, July 29, 2019

WHAT MOTIVATES AND DISCOURAGES VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS

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This is an excerpt from Firerescue1.com article about retaining volunteer firefighters. It points out three reasons people volunteer to tak...
Friday, July 26, 2019

Portable Solar Powered Repeater Finished.. Wanna Come Play With Tech Toys...

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I installed my GMRS repeater at the house here on 9th in Dolan a month ago and  I've had some interest from people who want to form a lo...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Have We Come Full Circle in Radio Communications?

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Have we come full circle when it comes to the type of two-way radio communications we  use? From two-way radios, to cell phones, to push-to-...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Firefighter Helmet Lights Thinking Out of the Box....

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After being on a couple fires at night  I decided a helmet light was a necessity. I found some nice LED flashlights with helmet mounts for f...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

What Part of RED FLAG WARNING No Burning Don't people Understand?

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RED FLAG WARNING  NO BURNING ALLOWED As one of the new volunteers for the LMRFD I think we've been responding to far too many tra...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Apps & Tools for Firefighter Communications Mapping & Location Sharing

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Our Smartphones are amazing compared with the "portable" radios we had in the 60's. They required $40-$60 in batteries and las...