December 12, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Recently in Eden Prairie our Water Utilities staff was called to a home with water pouring out of it. the home is in foreclosure and nobody lives there. To compound matters the gas and electric had been turned off, but nobody had notified the city to turn off the water. Once the cold weather set in, a pipe cracked and the flooding began.
Legislation has been passed that now requires Center Point and Excel Energy to notify the city when they are shutting down gas and power. if we get that notice then our utility staff can shut off the water and avoid further damage to the home. I got these pictures from Rick Wahlen our Manager of Utilities.
In Photo 3, note the ice coming out of the siding in the upstairs floor of the house.
These photos indicate the water has been running out of the house for quite a while. [...]
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back
December 9, 2008 – 12:15 pm
Rick H. Borkin of the Thiensville Fire Department in Thiensville, WI has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2008-12-08 00:00:00.0.
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Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back
December 5, 2008 – 8:34 am
USFA and the International Association of Fire Fighters today released a new guide to assist the fire service in navigating through the complex technological and legal issues surrounding today's public safety communications options.
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Original post by U.S. Fire Administration Press Releases and software by Elliott Back
December 5, 2008 – 8:32 am
Headlines from the EMR-ISAC December 4 Infogram: Recession Effects on Emergency Services, Relevance of Mumbai Attacks for First Responders, Voice Radio Communications Guide, ESS Protection through Vaccination
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Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back
December 2, 2008 – 8:11 am
A long process comes to an end: At last night's Council Meeting the City Council approved the purchase of a new fully integrated suite of software to update our Computer Aided Dispatch product, our Records Management Systems and support state-of-the art in-field reporting and ticket processing. This system is going to be a huge technological upgrade from our current police and fire systems that are a series of software systems that are hung together by special code written to make them hang together, not a great way to do business. The process to acquire a state-of-the-art system began more than a year ago with the selection of a team of dedicated people to analyze exactly what the needs were of every stakeholder. I cannot thank all of those involved enough for their time, energy and dedication to the process.
A long process begins: Now that the contract has been awarded for [...]
Original post by George Esbensen and software by Elliott Back
