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Capital Connections: Washington’s Public Safety Communications Suite

In: Safeguarding Homeland Security

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  • Anthony A. Williams

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Washington, DC, created a broadband wireless interoperable network which allows transmission of audio, video, and data. The system was used during the July 4, 2006, celebration in part to test emergency evacuation routes. The District also developed a regional interoperable network. It also created a private fiber-optic network to increase capacity and reliability of public safety and governmental communications. A unified communications center was established using the most advanced technology. The center can sustain usage for 3 days in terms of food, power, and other critical elements. Redundancy was built into the system so that when flooding took out part of the 911 emergency response system, the alternative portion immediately became operational. The current public safety communications center also serves as a backup. The center was purposely located in a depressed area and to help stimulate the ward’s economic development.

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  • Anthony A. Williams, 2009. "Capital Connections: Washington’s Public Safety Communications Suite," Springer Books, in: Simon Hakim & Erwin A. Blackstone (ed.), Safeguarding Homeland Security, chapter 0, pages 241-252, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4419-0371-6_22
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0371-6_22
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