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the Hurricane Sandy response in New Jer-
sey).
On the technology side, NEMHS relies
on the industry’s greatest offerings in tools
to rapidly get a GPS fix on dispatch loca-
tions, and deploys triple-redundancy in the
receiving of emergency calls, allowing a dis-
patch indication to not only come in by way
of their radio handsets, but also their smart
phones and in-vehicle computers known as
NOMAD. The device, the industry-specific
software that drives it, as well as the cardiac
monitor systems are among the technical in-
novations NEMHS has acquired through its
relationship with Zoll Medical Corporation,
a leading supplier of medical devices and
software solutions. NEMHS is also strength-
ened by solutions secured fromActive Com-
munications, Inc., a provider of public safety
radio communications, systems network-de-
sign services and, as wide-area digital com-
mercial “two-way” communication devices.
Through a contract with another company
known as BizCompass, NEMHS is comple-
mented with services from a Chief Technol-
ogy Officer who participates in all staffmeet-
