Hi Junior;
Your the ham we all look up to!
73 de Anthony w2ajv
Sent from my Verizon iPhone!
On May 5, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Junior Lolley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Anthony, thanks very much and 73 to you.
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> Junior Lolley KG4itd
> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Anthony Vece
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 9:57 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: not ham related but maybe it is okay
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> Hi Junior;
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> That's Magnificent!
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> 73 de Anthony w2ajv
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> Sent from my Verizon iPhone!
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> On May 4, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Junior Lolley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> 2012 Liberty Cty FL PR FINAL
>> Cassidian Communications Recognizes Liberty County, Fla., 9-1-1 Center
>> Dispatcher Junior Lolly with Dispatcher of the Month Award .
>> Visually-impaired call taker is an industry leader with more than 30
>> years on-the-job . Lolly assisted in the testing of the latest version
>> of the Sentinel Patriot 3.2 call processing solution TEMECULA, Calif.,
>> April 30, 2012-Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America
>> company, is pleased to recognize Junior Lolly from Liberty County,
>> Fla., 9-1-1 Communications Center, as the Cassidian Communications
>> Dispatcher of the Month.
>> "One of the reasons Liberty County 9-1-1 is unique is the fact that
>> its lead call taker has been on the job since 1980 and has been blind
>> since the age of 12. Today, Lolly processes more than 300 emergency
>> and administrative calls a day, which is more than three times the
>> amount he processed in his earlier days at the center." said Brandon
>> Hoquist, product line manager, Cassidian Communications.
>> As technology advances entered the 9-1-1 center, Lolly's job became
>> more complicated as additional programs and monitors were introduced.
>> Today, Lolly uses new technology designed to assist the visually
>> impaired.
>> "He never sends a responder to the wrong place and can tell someone
>> where to turn by landmarks," said Stephen Ford, 9-1-1 coordinator,
>> Liberty County 9-1-1 Communications Center.
>> "He has only asked me
>> where an address is located three or four times since I have worked
>> with him. He does a better job than any sighted call takers I know."
>> A renowned professional, Lolly says that no single call stands out
>> among the thousands he has taken- from natural disasters such as
>> hurricanes, tornadoes and lightening storms, to emergencies related to
>> house fires, grave injuries and serious accidents.
>> "I'm not in this for the money," Lolly states. "This is not a job
>> where you get rich. I do it to help people and to be there for the
>> community. It's a calling. It's a desire I was born with."
>> The Liberty County 9-1-1 Center recently completed testing of the
>> latest version of the SentinelR PatriotR call processing solution,
>> release 3.2. Built to support up to 100 call taking positions, the
>> Sentinel Patriot
>> 3.2 solution is designed to handle up to two million calls per year,
>> is fault tolerant with no single point of failure and delivers
>> scalable, redundant, remote survivable systems with ultra-high
>> reliability. This feature rich solution provides call centers such as
>> Liberty County with a clear path to next generation 9-1-1 (NG9-
>> 1-1) services as they become available industry-wide.
>> Hoquist continued, "Cassidian Communications recognizes usability as
>> one of the utmost needs for accurate and efficient operations in the
>> call center and is a key differentiator when comparing our products to
>> those of other solution providers."
>> Liberty County 9-1-1 has been a Cassidian Communications customer
>> since 2005 and currently is operating the latest Sentinel Patriot
>> solution on its three call taking positions. The 9-1-1 center is Page
>> 2 of 2 responsible for taking emergency and administrative calls for
>> services from the approximately 8,000 county residents. The center
>> also is responsible for dispatching calls for all law enforcement,
>> emergency medical services and fire response for the county.
>> The Sentinel Patriot solution supports single- and multiple-site 9-1-1
>> centers as well as geographically diverse, centralized and hosted
>> solutions. The solution is NENA-compliant and is an IETF
>> standardsbased IP-centric call management suite designed to handle all
>> calls seamlessly from a single switch.
>> Cassidian Communications continues to serve clients ranging from
>> public safety operations to Fortune
>> 1000 corporations to federal agencies. Collectively, the company has
>> more than 40 years of experience deploying 9-1-1 call processing
>> solutions, notification solutions and first responder digital trunked
>> radio networks.
>> About Cassidian Communications (www.CassidianCommunications.com) As
>> the largest and most trusted source of mission critical communications
>> solutions, Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company, is
>> leading the way in standards-based NG9-1-1 call center applications,
>> notification solutions and services and P25 land mobile radio systems.
>> Headquartered in Temecula, California.
>> About EADS North America (www.eadsnorthamerica.com) EADS North America
>> is the North American operation of EADS, a global leader in aerospace,
>> defense and related services. As a leader in all sectors of defense
>> and homeland security, EADS North America and its parent company,
>> EADS, contribute over $11 billion to the U.S.
>> economy annually and support
>> more than 200,000 American jobs through its network of suppliers and
>> services. Operating in 17 states, EADS North America offers a broad
>> array of advanced solutions to its customers in the commercial,
>> homeland security, aerospace and defense markets.
>> # # #
>> Media Contact:
>> Michael Doerk
>> Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America Company
>> Tel: +1.469.365.4989
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Junior Lolley KG4itd
>> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
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