VP of Public Safety Operations Talks RapidSOS
By Christopher Vondracek When Tom Guthrie served as Vice President of Smart Public Safety Solutions with Motorola Solutions, he first became aware of a small…
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Raleigh – Wake 9-1-1 Using AT&T ESInet
By Christopher Vondracek ESInet is making a more nimble 911 Center a possibility in North Carolina’s capital city. The City of Raleigh, North Carolina and…
Long-awaited next-generation-911 cost study released
Upgrading U.S. public-safety answering points to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology will cost $9.5 billion to $12.7 billion during a 10-year period, according to a…
RapidSOS partners with Google to deliver improved wireless 911 caller location to PSAPs
RapidSOS announces a partnership with Google to deliver Android Emergency Location Service (ELS) information to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) for free, providing U.S. 911 centers with a…
Commercial carriers commit to adopting technologies to improve 911 location accuracy
All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even…
Next-Gen Tech Is Helping More than 1,000 Jurisdictions Improve Emergency Response
Maricopa County, Ariz., has already seen an increased ability to pinpoint the locations of 911 callers, especially those who are indoors, which used to be…
Connect and Protect
Recent Webinar, Working Together to Connect and Protect, was hosted by NENA and sponsored by AT&T. By ATFN Staff Writer Before the National Emergency Number…
Emergency 911 technology struggles to keep up with the times
ROSWELL, Ga. — High school students hiding from the gunman in Parkland, Florida, were forced to whisper in calls to 911 for fear of tipping…
Second Extinction Coming For Public Safety?
By Christopher Vondracek Steven Raucher, or “Steve from the Future,” as he has been known to refer to himself, is the co-founder of RapidDeploy, and a…
Text-to-911 now available across Iowa
The state is close to its goal of 100 percent availability of the service across all counties. SOURCE: Statescoop DATE: May 18, 2018 For Iowans…
Federal Funding Bill Includes FCC Mandates Related to 9-1-1
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: March 27, 2018 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 recently passed by Congress and signed by the president includes two…
Associations Urge Congressional Leadership to Fund NG 9-1-1 in Current Budget
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: March 21, 2018 Four public-safety associations urged the leaders of the House and Senate to…
RI blocked from federal grants in 911 fee diversion fallout
Regulators with the Federal Communications Commission said Rhode Island is one of several states now blocked from applying for some federal public safety grants due…
GAO Offers Recommendations to Aid NG 9-1-1 Implementation
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: February 26, 2018 In speaking with state and local 9-1-1 agencies, the U.S….
FCC Commissioner O’Rielly calls on governors to provide 911-fee-diversion information
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly sends a letter to the governors of New York, Oklahoma, Missouri, Montana, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, criticizing…