hi junior. it sure is ok junior. congratulations and good luck. 73 glen ka9yiu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Junior Lolley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:23 PM Subject: not ham related but maybe it is okay > 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