Tag: Citizen Engagement

Rivada Networks claims working prototype of location-based-services solution, seeks mobile OS adoption

• 17th September 2015

Rivada Networks has a working Android and Apple prototypes of its enhanced location-based service (E-LBS) that is designed to improve location-accuracy information for a variety of applications, from commercial uses to 911 calls to firefighter location, according to Rivada Networks CTO Clint Smith.

RFP released for 911 location test-bed administrator role

• 15th September 2015

​An independent entity within the CTIA wireless-carrier trade association releases a request for proposal (RFP) to serve as the administrator of a new test bed that will be used to evaluate whether new and existing technologies meet the FCC’s new 911 location-accuracy requirements.

FCC E911 location ruling the first step in journey to improved emergency-response times

• 17th April 2015

By John Vetter, Sunsight Instruments

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should be commended for its recent unanimous ruling in favor of increased horizontal-axis location accuracy requirements for Wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) systems, and for providing guidance on a path to develop and implement vertical-axis solutions and requirements.

Motorola Solutions buys data-analytics software firm PublicEngines

• 1st April 2015

Motorola Solutions announces that it has acquired Utah-based PublicEngines, a provider of cloud-based solutions that are designed to support data analytics of crime, “predictive policing” strategies and citizen engagement within a given jurisdiction, according to Motorola Solutions officials.

NISC: Charles Werner discusses key outcomes from the recent DisasterTech hackathon

• 26th February 2015

Charles Werner, National Information Sharing Consortium (NISC) chairman and fire chief for Charlottesville, Va., discusses the value of hackathons to public safety, as well as some of the applications developed at the recent hackathon conducted in conjunction with the International Disaster Conference & Expo (IDCE) in New Orleans.

CDC continues to update 911/EMS protocol for Ebola

• 4th February 2015

To help public-safety answering points (PSAPS) and Emergency Medical Services safely respond to patients who potentially could have Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to update its guidelines that were first published last fall. Last month, the CDC also released a helpful flow chart.

North Carolina agency turns to body-worn camera system from VIEVU, Motorola Solutions

• 28th November 2014

Officers in the sheriff’s department in Buncombe County, N.C.—a jurisdiction that includes the city of Asheville—are scheduled to begin using body-worn camera system from VIEVU and Motorola Solutions early next year to record the agency’s interactions with the public, according to Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan.

Safer Buildings Coalition: Alan Perdue outlines in-building needs for general public, first responders

• 24th November 2014

Alan Perdue, executive director for the Safer Buildings Coalition, discusses the safety needs associated with in-building coverage for both the general public and first-responder personnel during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson. On Dec. 11, Perdue will be a panelist during a webinar that will be part of IWCE’s Virtual Show, which is free to attendees.

FCC approves rules to ensure 911 reliability, but dissenters worry about ‘federal takeover’ of emergency-calling system

• 22nd November 2014

FCC commissioners vote to propose measures designed to increase accountability and communication among service providers as 911 call centers transition to IP-based technologies, but a Republican dissenter calls the action a regulatory “federal takeover” of the emergency-calling system that traditionally has been overseen at state and local levels.

City of Dallas uses Airbus DS alerting system to notify public of Ebola issues

• 31st October 2014

City of Dallas officials have used the GeoCast Web alerting solution from Airbus DS Communications to warn residents in areas near those confirmed to have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus, according to Joe Ellis, senior management specialist at the Dallas Office of Emergency Management.