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Wavelengths
By Glenn
Bischoff
I always wanted to be a firefighter. I didn’t become one
because I was born about 10 years too early. No one in my family ever
had attended college, and my blue-collar parents believed that a college
degree was the key that would open the door to a better life. They
insisted that I be the first. Unfortunately, few — if any —
colleges at the time offered fire service–oriented curricula. So, I
became a journalist. But the dream still lingers within, like a faintly
glowing ember.
Given that, it should come as no surprise that I jumped at the chance
last week to participate in firefighter training at the University of
Illinois. Each year, Motorola brings product managers, marketers and
design engineers to the training facility. The belief is that product
design shouldn’t be conducted in an ivory tower; ergo, the opportunity
to experience what firefighters experience, albeit in a controlled
environment, will provide valuable insights that will help them to
develop products that are more effective in the field.
That’s quite important, said lead instructor Mark Kruzik — a
Motorola systems engineer who doubles as a lieutenant with the fire
department in the Chicago suburb of Posen, Ill. — as there’s just
too much to deal with when on the fireground.
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By Donny
Jackson
Only half of public-safety communications officials were
familiar with the Department of Homeland Security’s National Emergency
Communications Plan (NECP), according to a CDW Government (CDW-G)
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By Donny
Jackson
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Role of Broadband in Improving Public Safety Communications and
Emergency Response,” as part of its data-gathering efforts prior to
delivering a national broadband plan to Congress in mid-February.
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