R U Ready? Joining Forces 2 B Ready

Writing for University Business magazine, Ron Schacter takes a look at Virginia Tech, Boston University, Bryant University, Kent State University, and the University of Philadelphia, to highlight the recent strengthening of ties and cooperation between college and university security and emergency officials and their local, regional, and state counterparts.

“It ties all communication devices—cellphones, land lines, computers, 400 megahertz and 800 megahertz radios, and $50 Wal-Mart walkie-talkies—to the common denominator of an IP network,” says Rich Siedzik, Bryant’s director of computer and telecommunication services. The Smithfield fire department used to have to call each assisting department separately for aid, but “now with a push of a mouse connected to a PC, they reach everyone.”

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http://universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1316&p=3#0