Randall Larson

Randall D. Larson retired after 20 years in public safety communications, serving as a shift supervisor, trainer and field communications supervisor for the San Jose (California) Fire Department. Larson was also the editor of 9-1-1 Magazine from 1995 to 2009 and its online version from 2009 to 2018. He currently resides among the northern California Redwoods writing in a number of fields of interest.

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Remote dispatching gives Arlington ECC an edge in operations, staffing
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Remote desktop units have enabled an ECC to maintain operations during large-scale emergencies even when employees are unable to report to the 911 center
Shaken Fury 2019: Field Testing Emergency Response Technology
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The large-scale training exercise simulated a 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered along the southwest segment of the New Madrid Seismic Zone near Memphis, Tennessee, incorporating a number of response and recovery missions.
5G: Taking Public Safety Communications Into a Smarter Future
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Increased bandwidth, low latencies enable advanced tech and better agency coordination with public safety communications in 5G, according to interviews with Telit.
MCC Expo Quick Take: Understanding FirstNET
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Speakers from FirstNet Authority and FirstNET at AT&T presented how the national public safety broadband network works, who can use it and four key local agency operational takeaways at the recent California Mobile Command Center Expo.
MCC Expo Quick Take: Planning First Responder Incident Preparedness and Recovery Training
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Philip D. White, master fire service instructor, addressed planning effective first responder incident preparedness and recovery training sessions at the recent California Mobile Command Center Expo.
Mobile Communications Centers are Designed for Today & Tomorrow
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Mobile communications centers have and continue to evolve with technology and MCC design innovations.
Trial by Fire: California's First TERT Deployments
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California began to develop TERT -- dispatcher mutual aid -- in 2017 with its first deployments needed quickly. A total of 144 dispatchers -- from 30 outside agencies -- served as mutual aid resources during the 2018 Camp Fire.
911 for 911: Dispatcher Mutual Aid
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The Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Initiative is developing dispatcher mutual aid for disaster response. Practitioners urge thinking ahead on TERT to help public safety agencies get through large-scale disasters.
7 Emergency Simulations Test Technologies & First Responders
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Operation Convergent Response 2018 put Verizon and other technologies in local hands through a series of lifelike emergency simulations, while testing tech vendors for readiness.