Cellular One provides emergency communication services, boosts system capacity to aid flood relief in Monterey County.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)--March 15, 1995-- Cellular One is aiding flood relief activities in hard-hit Monterey County by loaning cellular phones, providing free air time to emergency response agencies, and boosting the system capacity to handle more cellular calls. Cellular One has loaned over 50 cellular phones -- with another 50 en route -- to 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), the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. (CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan ), the Red Cross, PG&E and the SPCA SPCA serum prothrombin conversion accelerator (coagulation factor VII). SPCA abbr. serum prothrombin conversion accelerator SPCA, n an acronym for serum p since the latest series of winter storms descended on 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 last week. For additional capacity during the disaster, Cellular One is utilizing an existing antenna (normally used to handle additional calls during the Pebble Pebble - A polymorphic language. ["A Kernel Language for Abstract Data Types and Modules", R.M. Burstall & B. Lampson, in Semantics of Data Types, LNCS 173, Springer 1984]. Beach AT&T Pro-Am Golf Tournament) and by adding a group of radio channels. The cellular phones and service are assisting: -0- -- OES in coordinating emergency response efforts among many public and community agencies -- The CHP in responding to the ongoing changes in road conditions and closures -- PG&E in its efforts to restore power following outages -- The Red Cross in obtaining and allocating food and supplies -- The SPCA in reuniting lost animals with their owners -0- By providing instant mobile communication capabilities among people out in the field, the cellular phones help ensure the most accurate reports on current conditions and facilitate the best allocation of emergency reponse personnel and supplies. In addition, the cellular phones are being used directly to assist flood victims. For example, those who have been relocated to temporary shelters are using the phones and free air time to inform friends and family, and to begin the arduous ar·du·ous adj. 1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult: "the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English Language" Thomas Macaulay. 2. task of contacting insurance companies and other valuable resources. As part of its comprehensive regional disaster preparedness plan, Cellular One has commitments from phone manufacturers for up to 4,000 phones for disaster response efforts. "We are pleased that cellular technology can contribute to helping our communities rebound from the effects of this winter's storms and flooding," said Steve Chandless, general manager of Cellular One in Monterey. Emergency service providers in Monterey County who could benefit from the use of cellular phones should contact Linda Paulowski with Cellular One, 408/595-0019 to inquire about the availability of additional phones. CONTACT: Cellular One Karen Schornstein, 415/827-5676 pager: 415/253-0441 Torme & Kenney Steven Freemire, 415/956-1791 or 415/548-8862 (h) |
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