FROM: THE GREENVILLE (SC) NEWS [link]PUBLISHED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2004 By Nan LundeenSTAFF WRITER nlundeen@greenvillenews.com What was once a small, rural fire department on Greenville’s Eastside has joined a small group of elite fire departments in the state. Thirty-five years ago, the Boiling Springs Fire Department had one 1936 tanker truck, six volunteer firefighters and […]
Archives for November 2004
UPSTATE (S.C.) FIRE DEPARTMENT JOINS RANKS OF NATION’S ELITE
BOILING SPRINGS FIRE DISTRICT’S ISO CLASS 1 RATING PLACES IT IN AMERICA’S TOP 50 (November 29, 2004 / Greenville, SC) The Boiling Springs Fire District today announced that it is now among the nation’s top fire departments according to the Insurance Services Office (ISO®). ISO, the New Jersey-based organization that collects municipal fire-protection information in […]
OUR TURN: IS PARTIALLY PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY TOO RISKY?
PRIVATIZATION IS ONLY WAY TO SAVE A DYING SYSTEM FROM: THE GREENVILLE (SC) NEWS [link] PUBLISHED FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2004 Discussing federal retirement benefits for those of us in our 30s is roughly akin to my belief that I’ll play on the PGA Tour next year. It may sound good, but it ain’t gonna happen. […]
SYSTEM FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW
FROM: ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS [link] PUBLISHED: OCTOBER, 2004 ISSUE Some airports are not waiting for federal government guidelines on biometrics. Instead, they are upgrading security systems to include the flexibility to incorporate new biometric technologies as they emerge. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (operated by the Port of Seattle) provides an example of this forward-looking […]
LAS VEGAS AREA HEALTH DISTRICT SELECTS APPLICATION DEVELOPER TO DEAL NEW CARDS
CLARK COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT BELIEVES THERE IS NO GAMBLE WITH GODDARD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (November 1, 2004 / Las Vegas, NV) Officials at Greenville, SC-based Goddard Technology Corporation, a leading provider of biometric, smart card, and secure credential solutions, today announced their selection by the Clark County Health District (CCHD), headquartered in Las Vegas, to provide […]
