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Urgent Communications Today

      November 5, 2009
      Volume 7, Number 90
Urgent Communications Today

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Experience is the best teacher
CDW-G releases report on emergency communications
FCC to host hearing on public-safety broadband
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Experience is the best teacher

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. Read More

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In the News

CDW-G releases report on emergency communications

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) survey. Read More

FCC to host hearing on public-safety broadband

By Donny Jackson

The FCC will host a field hearing next week entitled “The 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. Read More

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