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. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified…
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: February 26, 2018 In speaking with state and local 9-1-1 agencies, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified…
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 those governments for not responding…
Device-based hybrid solutions that utilize Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals appear to be the most promising to help locate people using a cell phone to call 911 from inside buildings within…
U.S. House members approves an amendment to Kari’s Law legislation—a measure that would require direct dialing for 911 calls made on multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) frequently used by hotels, offices…
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: February 2, 2018 An email from the president of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International to…
Four Hancock County cities will receive a break on their 2018-19 communications allocations. The Hancock County Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously voted to reduce the charge for county dispatch…
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: January 30, 2018 During recent disasters such as the 2017 U.S. hurricanes and wildfires, public-safety answering points (PSAPs)…
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: January 19, 2018 A record 48 states and territories provided information about progress toward next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1),…
Public safety and industry entities have weighed in on proposed regulations for a next-generation 911 (NG-911) grant program, including on who should be eligible for funding, whether tribes should be…
“Upgrading the nation’s 9-1-1 system is literally a life and death matter that must become more of a national priority,” said Sen. Nelson, who is ranking member of the Senate…
Today’s critical control rooms (PSAP’s) are facing increasing challenges across the board, from rapidly evolving technology to managing operational changes… According to research carried out by analysts IHS Markit, the…
State and municipal emergency leaders are revamping their legacy technology to support NG911 capabilities. Now they want the carriers to step up. For years a stalemate prevailed between emergency call…
In order for first responders to reap the full benefits of mobile video technologies, public safety must have access to a robust and reliable network The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office…
Dispatchers, call-takers and other personnel working in public-safety answering points will have priority access immediately to FirstNet—and preemptive access by the end of the year—FirstNet officials announced this week during the APCO 2017 show.
The National 911 Program and NASNA teamed up to create a guide to help authorities better understand how to use NG911 and FirstNet.