Emergency-Communications Breakdown
FCC chair says interoperability, mobility are top concerns in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The problems confronting emergency responders after the hurricane that slammed the Gulf Coast region last month are similar to those that challenged firefighters during the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The lack of progress rankled one congressperson.
“I’m very disappointed to learn that, four years later, we still have a problem with interoperability,” said Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas).
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