GOLDEN, CO--(Marketwire - February 9, 2011) - Locution Systems, Inc., a provider of advanced, automated 911 dispatching, fire station alerting, and fire station control technology, today announced that it has been commissioned to provide its CADVoice® automated 911 dispatching system to the City of Spokane, Wash. and 19 other public safety agencies in Spokane County, Wash. Locution Systems will be providing the radio version of the CADVoice® fire and EMS automated dispatching system to the City of Spokane and other agencies that comprise Spokane County including the cities & towns of Spokane, Deer Park, Elk, Chattaroy, Riverside, Spangle, Waverly, Rockford, Airway Heights, Liberty Lake, City of Spokane Valley, Millwood, Cheney, Medical Lake, Newman Lake, Mica, Valleyford, Mead, Colbert, and Nine Mile.
The number of citizens in Spokane County that will be served by Locution Systems' CADVoice® automated dispatching is 468,684 (source: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau).
"Locution Systems already provides automated dispatching and fire station alerting to other cities and counties in Washington, including Seattle, Bellevue, and Vancouver, Washington," noted Glenn Neal, Locution Systems president, founder, and chief technology officer. "We're very happy to be increasing our coverage in the state of Washington with this new implementation of CADVoice® Radio automated dispatching. We look forward to helping the City and County of Spokane both improve response times and reduce stress for its dispatchers and emergency responders."
About Locution Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1986, Locution Systems, Inc. offers a comprehensive suite of automated dispatching, zoned dispatching for multi-unit fire stations, and fire station alerting and control technologies for public safety applications (fire and EMS). Locution Systems' CADVoice® automated dispatching and alerting products are based on the most advanced public safety technologies on the market today. Locution Systems' products feature software-driven technology that's more cost-effective to maintain than traditional hardware-based systems. The CADVoice® product line integrates with standard Computer-Aided Dispatching (CAD) systems operating in most 911 communication centers. Locution Systems' products are being used in many major cities and counties throughout North America, and have been proven to speed response times, as well as reduce 911 "call stacking," stress for dispatchers and emergency responders, and operational costs. Locution can be reached at (303) 932-0014, or www.locution.com.
CADVoice® is a registered trademark of Locution Systems, Inc.
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