This technology could also provide critical feedback for media and local citizens to receive updates of unfolding disasters in their area. In some cases, the media could receive much more timely information to assist emergency organization in distributing correct information.

STUDY CONCLUSION

This study was designed to be just the beginning of the process of analyzing wireless communication technology with our national emergency service organizations. This study revealed the need and demand for ongoing improvements of mobile communication solutions in a dispatch environment, a critical need for increased budgets, and concerns about communication within and between emergency service agencies. There are hundreds more capabilities of wireless technology that can impact emergency service organizations. For instance, applications that can provide instantaneous medical histories in the field for paramedics, or crime fighting applications that can automatically scan codes from license plates and query remote databases that would alert officers of stolen cars.
Telemetry devices and applications will also play a critical role in automating the monitoring remote assets. Beyond just human assets, wireless technology can be used to monitor in real time air quality, water quality, break ins, temperature, pressure, power, motion, noise, and more without the need of dedicated phone lines. In these cases, virtually any unlimited number of possibilities exist by using existing commercial and proprietary networks designed to help manage and monitor these assets.
These are all forms of advanced wireless solutions that would significantly increase the effectiveness of our emergency service personnel and provide an incredible amount of leverage as well as an increase in productivity. However, advancements such as these will require significant investments in the government, public and private sectors in order to be achieved. It is our opinion that cost of these solutions will be the largest inhibitor moving forward. There is also an expanding costs of fees associated with each incremental add-on of services your require. For example, expect a carrier such as Nextel to charge slightly more for a more phone supporting GPS, GPS and other messaging fees on top of cell time or direct connection services, fees from either Nextel or third party vendors such as Microsoft, Airtrak.com, and Dynamic Mobile Data to name just a few. This can become significantly more expensive that just basic or advanced paging services.