When disaster strikes and standard communication methods fail, there's one reliable tech tool that first responders and ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded the Dearborn Fire Department a nearly $878,000 grant that it will use to buy new portable radios and other equipment and to fund specialized ...

In Green Township alone, the portable radios firefighters use cost $9000 each. “It’s about $300,000 for a small department ...

New P25 systems have a host of features that can be programmed into them, from zoned alerting, slowly increasing the tone ...

For several years, local fire departments have not had the budget to upgrade to better radios. A majority of other local agencies, like police and dispatch, use 800 MHz, P25, Phase 2 portable radios.

Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s devastating wildfire on Maui say in a new report they found no ...

During a public safety committee meeting Thursday, Fire Chief Matt Schofield and Police Chief Eric Wilde provided updates ...

The days of police business being aired over a “scanner” are nearing their end as Douglas County law enforcement agencies ...

The Mount Vernon Fire Department held a swearing-in ceremony on Sept. 30, promoting three officers and hiring three FF/paramdics.

The fire broke out around 2:40 a.m. in a three-storey building on Notre Dame St. near Bonsecours St. A man in his 50s was in ...

But those contractors weren’t trained to use portable radios, and with cell service down many had to communicate with ...