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City of Worthington, OH Selects VisionAIR for Fully Integrated Public Safety Solution; VisionAIR and City of Worthington Sign Contract.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CASTLE HAYNE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2003

VisionAIR(R), a leading provider of public safety and criminal justice software, today announced that it has signed a contract with the City of Worthington to provide a fully integrated public safety system. Under the terms of its contract with VisionAIR, the City of Worthington purchased VisionAIR's Public Safety Suite(R), an integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package.  solution that enables public safety and criminal justice professionals to better serve their communities anytime, anywhere. With a population of 14,125, the City of Worthington covers six square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable.  and has 34 police officers in the department.

As part of the Public Safety Suite, the City of Worthington obtained VisionCAD, VisionRMS, VisionMOBILE, VisionFIRE, VisionEMS and VisionGEO. VisionCAD is a multi-jurisdictional, computer-aided dispatch A dispatch or dispatches can refer to:
  • Dispatch (logistics), a procedure in logistics
  • Dispatch (band), an American jam band
  • Dispatches (TV series), a documentary show on Channel 4 in the UK
  • Dispatches
 software package that provides telecommunicators with an interface to Enhanced 911 and the ability to dispatch units from multiple departments. VisionRMS facilitates the management of vital, agency-specific records, including files, master indexes, case management records, incident and arrest records, evidence/property records, field interviews and juvenile custody records. Public safety agencies across the country use VisionMOBILE to send and receive dispatch calls, access crime information, communicate with other officers and provide immediate status updates to their departments via laptop computers A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. . VisionFIRE enables fire agencies to electronically submit incident reports and perform day-to-day activities such as testing equipment and maintaining water sources. VisionEMS is a records management system for Emergency Medical Technicians e·mer·gen·cy medical technician
n. Abbr. EMT
A person trained and certified to appraise and initiate the administration of emergency care for victims of trauma or acute illness before or during transportation of victims to a health care
 and VisionGEO is a mapping solution that graphically displays call data.

"It is important for our city to implement a complete system that has already been in use by other recognizable public safety entities and meets state and federal requirements for reporting and data transport," said Michael Horvath, IT Manager, City of Worthington. "Our public safety staff selected VisionAIR because it reaffirms these commitments with dependable technology that enables seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation.  between the database and all functions of police, fire and dispatch."

"VisionAIR's technology strengthens public safety and criminal justice practices by enabling the sharing of critical information across the city and its police departments," said Dan Crawford Dan Crawford may refer to:
  • Dan Crawford (basketball referee)
  • Dan Crawford (missionary), a Scottish missionary in Africa
, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of VisionAIR. "VisionAIR is excited about our new partnership with the City of Worthington and we look forward to a successful, long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 relationship."

About VisionAIR

VisionAIR provides proven software solutions that enable public safety and criminal justice professionals to better serve their communities anytime, anywhere. Drawing on extensive industry experience, VisionAIR has developed the most comprehensive, seamlessly integrated product suite available, enabling public safety and criminal justice agencies to strengthen emergency response, improve community and officer safety, increase productivity and meet evolving requirements. VisionAIR is the only company that delivers the right information to the right people, within individual agencies and across multiple jurisdictions. With VisionAIR, agencies can easily capture, store, access and analyze large amounts of mission-critical data in real time, for improved decision-making decision-making,
n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment.

decision-making, evidence-based,
n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from
. For more information, contact VisionAIR at 800-882-2108 or visit www.visionair.com.

Public Safety Suite is a registered trademark. VisionAIR(R), VisionCAD(TM), VisionRMS(TM), VisionMOBILE(TM), VisionJAIL(TM), VisionFIRE(TM), VisionEMS(TM), VisionGEO(TM), VisionFORCE(TM), VisionPAPERLESS(TM) and VisionINFORM(TM) are trademarks of VisionAIR, Inc. Any other marks used belong to their respective owners.
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