Other Public Safety Sites

DISPATCH Newsletter is very dependent upon various on-line sources of news and information. We've compiled a list of over 300 other Internet Web sites that we find interesting and informative--we don't charge for a listing here, nor did we accept any money from anyone for their listing.

Surf our Emergency Operating Center (EOC) page for a compact method of reaching the most vital Internet Web sites.

 Associations & Groups
911 Audio - collection of educational, funny and strange clips
911 Heroes - Barry Furey's tribute to dispatchers
911-Emergency
site, loads of Web links
9-1-1 Police Fire EMS Web site, huge number of links
Air Life Flight
, volunteer air transport medical patients
APB On-Line live scanner audio
American Heroes Air Show, police-rescue helicopter photos
American Society for Industrial Security
Association of Public Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO)
Bicycling Magazine find bike makers & names & specs
Boise Interagency Fire Center
Boston Fire Buffs, details about BFD
British Radiocommunications Agency
Britain's Public Safety Radio Communications Project
California Fire Chief's Association
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA)
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA)
Comm Center Support Network for CALEA accreditation
Community policing
CopNet
COPNET, the radio talk show
Denver 911

DC Office of Unified Communications
Disaster Information Network
Disaster Warning Methods Evaluation report, (pdf, 332k)
Emergency Dispatch.com
Emergency Net
Emergency Response and Rescue Institute
Emerginet
Ergonomics At Work
Erika and Rozane's Emergency Page
European Union info on spectrum & 112 number
FAA Airplane Registration Database
Fire-EMS Information Network
Fire and EMS Information Network

Firehouse Magazine tons of info!
Firehouse Magazine links to personal dispatching pages
Global Fire, Safety and Security Resource Center
Hot City 911
Hurrican Hunters, Air Force
Incident Page Network notification of incidents by pager
Institute for Disabilities Research & Training
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
IACP Technology Site great resources for CAD, etc.
Incident Dispatcher Training
International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
International Muncipal Signal Association (IMSA)
International Telecommunication Union publications
Institute of Police Technology & Management education and publications
Ira Wilsker's Law Enforcement Links hundreds of links!
JT Seminars
LifeLine, air medical transport (good copter and LZ info)
Maine Dispatchers Association

Massachusetts Communications Supervisors
Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (Ohio) - fire dept. group
|National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch
National Association of Air Medical Communication Specialists (NAACS)
National Association of Emergency Managers - Y2K info
National Association of Search & Rescue
National Association of State Telecommunication Director
National Directory of Emergency Services police-fire jobs
National Emergency Number Association (NENA) national & state sites
National Communications Institute (NCI)
National Emergency Management Association
National Fire Academy Alumni
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC)
National Safety Council links on workplace safety
National Sheriffs Association (NSA)
National Warning Architecture - advocates nation-wide warning system
Model States False Alarm site
New Hampshire Emergency Dispatcher Association

New York Fire Department Dispatchers' Association
Officer Down, documents officer deaths
Oklahoma State Law Enforcement Communications Association
Ontario (Canada) Scanner Site great trunking and Canada info!
Personal Communications Industry Association
Police Officer Link Page
Police Officer's Network
Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee (PSWAC) now an NTIA site
ReliefWeb telecom info for humanitarian agencies
Rowan County (NC) Telecom excellent wireless 911 info / live audio
Safety Publishers Web site, great 911 graphics collection
Slang, police expressions
Storm Display - weather warnings and alerts
Partnership for Public Warning - emergency alerting group
Tactical Incident Dispatch - training & info
The Police Officer's Internet Directory
The Public Safety Break Room
Telecommunications Site excellent how-to for telephone systems
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
TrunkTracker Site excellent info on sites
Trunked Systems / Scannerist Page Advocate for open systems
Virginia APCO Chapter
University of Virginia, Environmental Health, ergonomics
Web Ring Starting Point, enter your subject
Western State Fire Resource Center
 Agencies

Literally hundreds of public safety agencies have Web pages--too many for us to list here. However, we have assembled a list of those sites that include the hottest links so you can begin your Web browsing.

 

Ada County (Idaho) Sheriff great overview of operation
Aiken County (SC)

Austin/Travis County EMS Comm Center
Boston Police Department

Berlin (Germany) Fire Department
Boston Fire Department, America's first paid muni dept. in 1678!
California Highway Patrol live CAD
Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission

Cambridge (MA) Emergency Communications
Centerpoint (NY) Fire Department volunteer FD
Champaign County (IL) Comm Center
Chicago Police Department
Chicago Emergency Communications Center

Code 7 Web site -- links to local agency comm center sites
Dallas Police Department
Dallas, New York City & Los Angeles
live radio new interface
Delaware Dept. of Public Safety Communications Division
Dublin (OH) Police Department
DuPage County (Ill.) 911 - great photos!
Europol, European Community (EU) criminal justice
Evansville/Vanderburgh County Central Dispatch 911
Fairfax County (Virg.) E911
Hamilton County (TN) excellent 911 site
Harris County (Tex.) good radio info
Honolulu Emergency Services
Houston 911 Agency

Huntington Manor (NY) Fire Department world's best apparatus group photo!
Hyattsville (MD) Volunteer Fire Department updated
Halifax, Nova Scotia Rescue Coordination Center
Houston (Tex.) Fire Dept live on-line incident list
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Indianapolis Fire Department live audio!
Interpol - U.S. liaison (INTERPOL)
Interpol - Web site
King County (Wash.) 800 MHz trunked info
Knox County (Tenn.) 911 Center
Kanawha County (WV) Metro 911
LaHabra Fire Department
(Calif.)
Los Angeles City Fire Department, official, excellent link page
Los Angeles City Fire Department, unofficial but good info
Los Angeles City Police Department
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Lynchburg (Virg.) Emergency Comm Center
Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City (Mo.) 911
METCAD, Champaign County (IL)
Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Minnesota State 911 program
Monroe County (PA) Control Center
Monterey County (Calif.) Comm Center
Naples (Fla.) Police Comm Center
Nashville Police Department

New Zealand, Northern Centre
New South Wales Fire Brigade, Australia
New York City Fire Department

FDNY by Dispatcher Frank Raffa
Ottawa Central Ambulance Communication Center

Palm Beach County (FL) Fire-Rescue live CAD display
Phoenix Regional Fire Comm's - private site, great newsletter
Pinellas County (Fla.) Fire-Rescue live CAD listing
Reedy Creek Comm Center aka Walt Disney World
Riverdale Volunteer Fire Department
live audio, Prince Georges County (Md.)
San Diego County Sheriff
San Mateo County (Calif.) summary of comm center technology
Santa Fe (NM) Regional Emergency Comm Center

Seattle Fire Department - live list of current & past incidents
State of Oregon Telecommunications check the job listings section
San Jose (CA) Police Department
Santa Cruz County (CA) comm center

Sedona (Ariz.) Fire Communications
Sitka (Alas.) Police Department
South Dakota Department of Emergency Management/911
STAR-NET
(Tex.) trunked users group
St. Louis County (MN) 911 Communications Department
Shelby County (AL) 911

Sumner County (Kan.) Communications
Town and Country (Mo.) Police Department
Washington (DC)
Fire Department, unofficial site
Willamette Valley (Ore.) E911 Center
Woodland (CA) Fire Department
Worcester County (Mass.) Sheriff's Department
Wyoming Statewide Radio System

 

 Government
Department of Transportation, Office of Hazardous Materials,
including the essential Emergency Response Book on-line or printed

Department of Transportation, Public Safety Project
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Surplus Property information & search engine
FCC Meetings, live and recorded RealAudio access
FEMA, State & Local Guide for Hazard Emergency Operation
Minnesota 911
National Association of of State Agencies for Surplus Property (NASASP)
National Crime Information Center (NCIC) - information about admin & files
National Highway Transportation Safety Agency (NHTSA)
National Institute of Justice
National Weather Service StormReady program
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, disaster index
NOAA Severe Storms Laboratory
NOAA/NWS Emerg. Managers Information Network
Office of Emergency Services, California
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
U.S. General Services Agency (GSA) antenna sites available

 Companies
Also surf our separate list of CAD companies
911 Education Group see Special Agent 911 burn rubber!
Ameritech, Inc.
ATX Technologies, Inc.
Autometric
Avtec, Inc. touch-screen technology
Circadian Technologies, excellent shiftwork reference
CML Emergency Services

Coded Communications
Com-Net Critical Communications
Com-Net Ericsson Critical Communications
Commercial Electronics Inc. logging recorders
Communications Satellite Corp. (COMSAT)
CommuniTech, headsets and related gear
Compuquest pager/cellular notification products
Concept Seating Inc., comm center chairs
Cycomm Mobile Solutions, stories of expeditions using ruggedized computers
Daylight Technologies, Inc. light therapy equipment
Disaster Resource Magazine services, equipment & training
Domore Chairs

Driver's License Guide Co. ID and license reference
Emergency Services Executive Recruiter police-fire jobs for a fee
Ericsson Inc.
Ericsson Disaster Response site, U.N. worldwide initiative
ESRI mapping resources & free mobile laptop software
Evans Consoles, Inc. console furniture
Eventide Inc. logging recorders
ESRI, Inc. on-line mapping and GIS site
Farallon Geographics Inc. - GIS for public safety

Galactic Software, fire-related images for sale
Geac Computer Corp. Ltd. CAD and RMS
GPS World Magazine excellent buyer's info
Grove Radio, mail order scanners and radio equipment
---1999 Radio Frequency Guides

GTE Inc.
HITEC Group Intl., TTY training and materials
HTE Software Cicadian Technologies, Inc. shift work information
HVC-CHENAULT Architectural Corp. - comm center & building design
Intergraph Public Safety Inc. CAD
JEMS Communications emergency medical/fire publications
Kenwood Communications Inc.
Paul Linee, book Ick! I Hate Technical Stuff!
Line of Duty, video law enforcement training
Locution Systems CAD-to-voice notification systems
Logistic Systems CAD and records management software
Lucent Technologies

Magellan System Corp. satellite communications
MCG-Police/Firefighter Career Guide dispatcher job listings for fee
MCI Systemhouse

Marta Systems, Inc weather monitoring
Martin & Ziegler - custom consoles & technical furniture
Medical Priority Consultants, Inc., EMD training, software and publications
MitreTek
Mobilair Canadian CAD developer
Monitoring Times magazine for scannerists
Motorola

Mountain Sales selling audio tapes of FDNY incidents
National Notification Network - multi-path emergency notification system

National Public Safety Information Bureau police/fire directories
New World Systems - public safety software
Nokia - TETRA radio systems
9-1-1 Magazine
911 Pictures Co.
Northern Telecommunications, Inc.

Open Systems Solutions Inc. CAD and other software
Paging Network Inc. top paging carrier
PDSI Software, scheduling software
Pinkerton Inc.

Plant Equipment, Inc. telephone equipment
Plantronics, headsets and gear
Police One news, products, training calendar & more
Porter's EMS Protocols
Positron, Corp. telephone equipment
PowerPhone training classes and publications
PRC-PSI Inc.
Printrak Inc. parent of
Public Safety Product News
Public Safety Training Consultants (PSTC)
Public Safety Associates, Inc.
Quality Enhanced Management System, Inc.
Racal Recorders Inc., logging recorders
SCC Corp.

Safety Source Yellow Pages products and services
Sierra Wireless, radio modems
Southern LINC private radio for public safety
SpaceImaging hi-res satellite photos on-line
Sunpro Fire Services

Sysman Group - CAD software, based in South Africa
TechnoCom Corp. location technology
Telident Inc.
Tel Control Inc.

Telecommunications Associates
Tiburon Inc. CAD and RMS
TruePosition Inc. wireless locating technology
Uniden the scanner people
Unisys, Inc.

Viking Technology, CAD/RMS and other software
Visionary Systems Inc.

Voice Print International Inc. logging recorders
Watson Furniture - console and ergo gear
Xypoint Corp.
ZOLL Data Systems - EMS software systems

 Reference & Information Sources
  Also see our EOC, which lists the essential information sources in a very compact format.
Access to Justice Network Law Resource links to many law references
Acronym Look-Up

America's Most Wanted TV Show
Area Code info -- news and information about telephone area codes
Area Code map of U.S. -- Acrobat (pdf) version
Bureau of Justice Statistics federal stats
Cops TV Show

Cornell Law School - court decisions & other resources
Excite search site
Emergency Response Guidebook

- DOT book (pdf)
FedStats stats from all federal agencies, Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Federal Agency Listings
Google search site
Hot City 911 Web site

Justice Technology Information Network federal site
Law Enforcement Site
Law Journal Extra! latest legal news
Merck Manual all things medical
Most Wanted Page
Most Wanted - links to local "Most Wanted" Web sites
National Criminal Justice Research Service
1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake Phone Calls

PerCon Inc searchable frequency database
Sex Offender Sites -- list from Crime.com site
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics '95 fed stats
Switchboard, e-mail search site
Thomas -- Bills of Congress Library of Congress access
The Search GroupHealthAnswers common ailments and complaints
Virtual Hospital diagnostic tools for medicine
Virtual Law Library
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

Web Sites -- find police department Web sites
White Pages Phone Book e-mail search site
Wireless Week magazine