Cellular One Provides Emergency Communication Services to Aid Marin County Firefighting Efforts.SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 4, 1995--Cellular One is aiding firefighting efforts in the Marin County area by loaning cellular phones. Additionally, the company is providing free air time to emergency response agencies and boosting the system capacity in the area to handle more calls. Cellular One was on the scene last night to distribute phones to Marin County firefighters through the Office of Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' (OES). Cellular One is on-call and prepared to provide additional phones as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . Cellular communication plays a critical role in emergency relief efforts. It provides additional communication lines from command center to outside agencies and fire crews. Cellular One recently built a cell site on Mount Barnabe in West Marin  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , which is proving to be critical in providing effective and reliable communications in the area. Without this site, the firefighters' use of cellular communications would be greatly hampered. "Cellular communications are a critical life line in the event of an emergency. We have seen that proven in many emergency situations in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern ," said Lewis Loeven, director of system development for Cellular One. "Cellular One is committed to aiding our community in any way that we can. We are extremely pleased we can play a role in the relief efforts." As another element of its corporate emergency preparedness plan. Cellular One has also made available portable power generators to help the emergency response units maintain an adequate power supply. Cellular One has provided support for the numerous emergencies and natural disasters that have plagued California in recent years, including the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. The earthquake lasted approximately 15 seconds and measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale (surface-wave magnitude 7.1). , the Oakland fire storm in 1991 and the Sonoma County and Monterey floods last winter. Cellular One is the leading cellular service provider in the Greater Bay Area and the exclusive provider of digital cellular service. It is a partnership of two communications companies: AirTouch Communications, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA and AT&T Wireless Services, Kirkland, WA. CONTACT: Cellular One Erin McCormick-Eggleton, 415/827-5702 415/253-2045 pager or Torme and Kenney Margaret Torme, 415/956-1791 |
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