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Friday, November 6, 2009

Spokane Fire Department Deploys GD-Itronix Notebooks

The Spokane (Wash.) Fire Department installed ruggedized mobile computers from General Dynamics Itronix inside its firefighting vehicles to ensure field officers had access to real-time information while addressing an incident, said Chief Bobby Williams. The Spokane Fire Department serves more than 200,000 residents with 300 members serving out of 14 fire stations. Williams said his department began researching mobile computers because they let field officers interact with dispatchers in the city's 911 center. They also reduce the time dispatchers need to enter data in the fire department's computer-aided dispatch system. "We ...

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