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1st Responder Wireless News expands; acquires Tac 9 Radio, East Coast Paging

1st Responder Wireless News has completed the acquisition of four companies to add to its growing emergency alert notification system: TAC-9 Paging, East Coast Paging and Wireless Systems, Virginia Fire Net and Toronto Fire Net. Additionally, the company acquired the TAC-9 national affiliates server that provides communications for several other systems across the country.

"TAC-9 and East Coast have been two of the leaders in this industry for well over 10 years and not only are we fortunate to have acquired their companies, but the wealth of knowledge that comes with them," said 1stResponder Wireless News General Manager Scott Donnenberg. "We are not only looking forward to integrating the tremendous base of dispatchers into our system that comes from these acquisitions, but I'm very fortunate to have learned so much from Paul Trahon and Steve Hooke along the way."

TAC-9 Paging is not only one of the largest paging companies in the country, but its server and its technology have been used for many years as the central processing point for several other groups across the country. It has also established the largest multiple alarm reporting affiliate network in the country.

"I'm very excited about moving forward with 1st Responder Wireless News and our customers should be as well," said Steve Hooke, President of TAC-9. "With the experience and relationships TAC-9 has developed, combined with the cutting-edge technology 1st Responder has in place, it's a marriage made in heaven. I've also had the opportunity to see the exciting plans 1st Responder has for the future and our customers should look to many new and exciting features and services in the coming months."

As one of the pioneers in the wireless news delivery industry, Paul Trahon of East Coast Paging has been instrumental in developing much of the early-stage paging technology and logic that is still in use today, as well as establishing many of the dispatching SOPs widely accepted in the industry.

"East Coast Paging has been the leader in fire and news paging since we started in 1990," said Paul Trahon, President of East Coast Paging. "During the past 16 years, we have strived to provide our customers with the latest in technology and customer service second to none." Trahon added that he "thought long and hard to make the decision to move over and let someone else take the reins of the business. That in itself was difficult enough, but a miniscule of a task to find the right person or company that had the same moral values and ideals as East Coast. Finally, 1st Responder Wireless News came along. I've seen the future technological plans for 1st Responder and without a doubt they will take the paging and news industry beyond the next level of what any fire buff would ever want in a news system."

Since its first acquisition of Metro Fire Paging in New Jersey, 1st Responder Wireless News has also previously acquired the Maryland Fire Network and the National Incident Notification Network. With the completion of these latest acquisitions, including expansion in Canada with purchasing Toronto Fire Net, the company has become one of the largest emergency notification services in the world.

"When 1st Responder took its first step into the arena of emergency breaking news notification about a year ago, we did so with the mission of building the most comprehensive, professional alert system in the nation," said Joseph P. Belsito, President & CEO of Belsito Communications, Inc., the parent company of 1st Responder Wireless News. "While we continue to raise the bar with our cutting edge technology, we have not lost sight of the fact that our system is a home to the best dispatchers in the country who welcome being a part of a professional system that appreciates their hard work and lets them enjoy being a scanner enthusiast by providing them the best tools in industry."

Belsito added that 1st Responder Wireless News continues to negotiate acquisition and licensing opportunities with other emergency notification services across the country and expects more activity in 2006.

"We are committed to providing our customers with the most comprehensive coverage in the nation, and our dispatchers a professional, fun and exciting atmosphere," Belsito said. "Our system has come a very long way in a relatively short period of time and I can confidently say the best is yet to come."

If you would like more information about becoming a customer or dispatcher for 1st Responder Wireless News you can visit www.1stResponderWirelessNews.com or you can call the office at 888-595-NEWS.

1st Responder Newspaper, the leading 'local' newspaper for the fire, rescue and EMS community in the United States, has expanded its coverage area to include Tennesee and Alabama to go with current editions in Georgia and Florida for a new Southeast Edition.

1st Responder Wireless News, a division of Belsito Communications Inc., is proud to welcome subscribers and viewers of the National Incident Notification Network and the Maryland Fire Network following their acquisition.

1st Responder Wireless News provides instant breaking news notification of fire and other emergency services activities as they are happening. In addition to individual subscribers, the company's customer list includes some of the largest media companies in the country who rely on the wireless news system to dispatch their photographers and reporters for coverage.

For more information, visit the website at www.1stResponderWirelessNews.com

The 1st Responder Newspaper website reached a milestone as it surpassed 100,000 unique users for the month of August, 2005 as verified by the Webtrends reporting system.

"We are all very excited about hitting this mark," said 1st Responder Publisher Joseph Belsito. "Our newspaper and website teams formulated a solid plan at the beginning of the year to better tie-in the newspaper operation with the website. The results have been incredible."

In addition to content from the newspaper, the website introduced various multi-media content including a new audio Newscast and also debuted 1st Responder TV which showcases emergency action videos sent in by reporters from the field.

"We believe our website is one of the most innovative mixes of how a newspaper can extend its readership and brand to the internet," Belsito said. "We invested early on into developing the technology that allows our reporters to immediately post their stories and photos to the internet site. This technology also benefits the newspaper as the system has dramatically lowered the barriers for getting news into the newspaper."

"Our newspaper content has easily quadrupled since we launched the website," 1st Responder Newspaper Editor Tim Besser said. "Our readers can now easily submit news, photos and features to our newspaper through the website."

"We are committed to expanding our multi-media content on the website over the coming months," said 1st Responder Online Editor Bruce Lukaszewicz. "Our audio Newscast will be expanded to include interviews from members of the emergency services community and we will be adding a host of new audio content, interviews and talk shows as well. We are also very pleased with the volume of videos we are receiving to 1st Responder TV and are confident that will continue to rise as well."

After many months of work and testing, 1st Responder Wireless News recently launched its new web-based CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system to its dispatchers who send emergency notifications for 1st Responder Wireless News.

The new system features numerous panels where dispatchers can send new alerts, review alerts sent by other dispatchers, and even chat in real-time with other dispatchers using the system.

The company plans to release its mobile CAD version in the coming weeks to allow for dispatchers to access the CAD from their Blackberry devices from the field.

On June 1, 2005, 1st Responder Wireless News officially launched into the business of instant emergency incident notification.

On the heels of its acquisition of Metro Fire Paging, LLC earlier in the year, 1st Responder has been busy working through the technology and other infrastructure requirements as it furthers its rollout plan.

The company is currently working on a state-of-the-art CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system that will allow its team of dispatchers to access the company's proprietary system via the Internet to send out notifications to its customers.

Acquisition of Metro Fire Paging, LLC serves as platform for new service
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1st Responder Newspaper, the definitive source of local news for the emergency services community in New Jersey, has acquired the assets of Metro Fire Paging (MFR), LLC signaling the company's entry into the field of breaking news notification. The new company's name, effective June 1, 2005, will be 1st Responder Wireless News.

The services provided by Metro Fire Paging, LLC to its current customers will continue until June 1 when the 1st Responder Wireless News (www.1stResponderWirelessNews.com) system will officially launch. Existing customers will automatically be cutover to the new system.

"The acquisition of Metro Fire Paging provides a solid foundation of not only existing customers, but the technology infrastructure necessary to easily expand our customer base," said Joseph Belsito, Publisher of 1st Responder Newspaper and President of Belsito Communications, Inc. (www.Belsito.com) the parent company of the newspaper and wireless news group. "Metro has done and outstanding job of providing incident news coverage to the Metro New Jersey/New York and Eastern PA markets. 1st Responder Wireless News will take that coverage to an even higher level by tapping into the newspaper's vast network of correspondents to provide the best coverage possible to our wireless news customers."

"We are very proud and excited that 1st Responder has acquired our company," said Michael Coppola, President of Metro Fire Paging. "We have worked extremely hard to build a tremendous team of reporters and a loyal customer base. We are very confident that both groups will be well taken care of for years to come."

Coppola will remain with the new company as a Senior Advisor, while Metro's IT administrator, Joseph Lutz, will assume the same position with 1st Responder Wireless News.

Belsito also announced that Vincent Martin, who formerly worked for Breaking News Network, has been named the General Manager of 1st Responder Wireless News. Martin is a past president of the New Jersey Metro Fire Photographers Association, as well as an honorary member of the New Jersey Deputy Fire Chiefs Association, a member of the Fire Bell Club of New York and a member of the Fort Lee Fire Department, recently serving as a Lieutenant.

"We are very excited with the team we have formed to carry out the 1st Responder Wireless News launch," Belsito said. "While Mike Coppola and Joe Lutz will make sure that the current Metro reporters and customers are well taken care of, Vinnie Martin will handle the day to day operations of the company and represent us at all of the industry trade shows around the country. Vinnie's experience in the field of emergency notification is vast and his fanatical work ethic and vast list of contacts will ensure our customers have the most comprehensive coverage available in our markets."

What is 'wireless news'?

1st Responder Wireless News reporters are working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year monitoring emergency services radio traffic to provide the most comprehensive coverage available of fire, police and rescue calls in the New Jersey and Metro New York area. Also, if requested, subscribers can receive coverage from our affiliates in all of the major cities in the United States.

Subscribers can choose to buy a pager from us, or have their Wireless News delivered to their existing pager, cell phone, two-way device or even an email address. If you currently subscribe to another breaking news notification service, we can convert your present pager to receive the 1st Responder Wireless News feed.

Individual subscription prices are $7.95 per month for the 1st Responder Wireless News feed. Commercial account rates are available on request and can be custom tailored to your company's specific needs.

If you're interesting in learning more about becoming a customer of the 1st Responder Wireless News system you can call 888-595-NEWS, or send an email to info@1stResponderWirelessNews.com. Staff from 1st Responder will also be on hand at two upcoming shows in New Jersey. More information on those events are shown in the story at right.

Additional information on the 1st Responder Wireless News system will also appear in next month's edition of the newspaper.

Reporters Wanted

In addition to its current network of dispatchers, 1st Responder Wireless News is currently accepting applications for new dispatchers to join the system.

If you'd like to learn more about the exciting benefits of becoming one of our dispatchers please call 888-595-NEWS or send us an email at info@1stResponderWirelessNews.com.

Learn more about 1stR Wireless News at upcoming shows

If you're interested in learning more about the new 1st Responder Wireless News system, you'll be able to see it first hand at two upcoming events.

On Saturday, April 23rd, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the 1st Responder Wireless News staff will on hand at the 20th Annual New Jersey Metro Fire Photographers' show. The event is being held at the Ridgefield Park High School, 95 East Grand Avenue, Ridgefield Park, NJ. You can visit their website at www.njfirephotos.com for more information.

The following day, on Sunday, April 24th, beginning at 10 a.m., the 1st Responder Wireless News system staff will be displaying at the 15th Annual Firematic Flea Market & Expo, hosted by the West Paterson Volunteer Fire Department. The even will be held at the West Paterson Memorial School Gymnasium located at McBride Ave. & Memorial Drives in West Paterson. For more information, call Jim Pullara at 973-333-3076.

1st Responder Wireless News will be offering show specials at both events to launch its new system.