Anne Arundel County.

Anne Arundel County, in Maryland, has deployed a new mobile emergency command center designed to provide information sharing See data conferencing. and communication among emergency agencies and support government operations This article aims to describe the financial expenditure associated with the operations and processes of world governments of all levels. Size of economic footprint

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in the event of a disaster. The Mobile Command and Control Unit (MCCU-1) is equipped to connect local responders--regardless of the communication devices they are using--with local, state, and federal emergency authorities and law enforcement personnel across a national network.

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The unit is equipped with seven types of radio connections, broadband wireless See wireless broadband. , video, and a satellite link that supports video teleconferencing and real-time remote video surveillance, as well as IP phones.

The key to connecting the diverse media is the AWINS technology from ARINC ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
ARINC Aircraft Radio Incorporated
ARINC Aeronautical Research Incorporated Incorporated. The technology works by digitizing signals from any connected device into a common IP protocol. Thus, it could connect a firefighter to a hospital, a ship's captain to the FBI, or a forest ranger to FEMA FEMA,
n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. headquarters.

In a recent demonstration in cooperation with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, the unit established interoperable radio, video, and data communications, and linked multiple public-safety agencies around the region.

BY ANN LONGMORE-ETHERIDGE

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