Links

Public Safety Links:Shreveport Fire DeptCaddo Parish 911National Emergency Number Association (NENA)Association of Public-Safety Communications International, Inc.Orleans Parish Communications District9-1-1 EmergencyFederal Bureau of Investigation9-1-1 MagazineDispatch Monthly MagazinePublic Safety Product NewsEMS MagazineThe Fire & EMS Information NetworkThe Last AlarmResponder MagazineFirefighting.comAPB OnlineAmerican Police BeatPolice MagazineThe Police Officer’s Internet DirectoryPolice Work MagazineThin Blue LineCoplink.comFederal Law Enforcement AssociationFraternal Order of …

History of LA 911

HISTORY OF 9-1-1Thanks to Martha Carter and Michael Wainright for providing the following information. I. General Characteristics – 9-1-1 in Louisiana is a parish-based collection of systems with a myriad of configurations. All are similar in some ways similar, but no two systems are identical. The differences are in small part due to the manner …

Katrina Relief

FROM THE PRESIDENT Louisiana Chapter P. O. Box 82236 Lafayette, LA  70598-2236 Telephone:  (337) 291-5060     Fax:  (337) 291-5080     As Louisiana NENA Chapter President, I am in great awe to hear reports of the heroic steps and response’s being made by our fellow APCO and NENA members to help our  9-1-1 community victims.   …

Weather

Inena Regional Weather Provided by: Weather Underground   Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 – Chicago Weather Underground  

National 1st V.P.

Norm is looking forward to serving National NENA andit?s Membership as 1st Vice-President. He will make himself openand accessible to all Association Members and will assist with their initiatives whetherthey concern State or National Issues. Norm would appreciate any input that you might have concerningNENA operations. Norm has thirty-five years of multi-disciplined public safety experienceencompassing …

Sample Letter

Dear: We agree with the Chicago Sun-Times editorial that appeared on July 2 titled “Safety at a Bargain.” Wireless phone users in Illinois, both rural and urban need the same access to 9-1-1 as wireline phone users. As public health and safety professionals, we urge Governor Ryan to sign HB 1383 “The Wireless Emergency Safety …

E-mail list

INENA maintains an email listserver to facilitate communications among the members.When you join the list you can send messages to everyone in INENA and you will seemessages from others along with official announcements from the INENA Officers. Subscribe to Illinois Chapter of NENA Enter your e-mail address: inena Archive An e-group hosted by FindMail’s eGroups.com …

Annual Convention

The Illinois Chapter of NENA will co-host the 15th Annualcombined NENA/APCO/ICC 9-1-1 State Chapter Conference on October 24-27, 1999, in Decatur,Illinois. The Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn in Decatur. Decatur continues tobe the conference site because it is centrally located in the state. Both the INENA and the APCO organizations, with over …