Dispatch/Call-taking

Podcast: Ryan Poltermann outlines considerations, resources for disinfecting communications devices

  Ryan Poltermann, innovation acrchitect at Commdex Consulting and vice chair of NPSTC’s LMR/LTE Integration and Interoperability Working Group, discusses measures that public safety can take to disinfect LMR radios and smart devices to reduce the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, particularly through equipment that may be shared within an agency. Poltermann has compiled […]
Newscan: Detroit Police Department dispatcher dead of coronavirus; backup 911 center used

Newscan: Detroit Police Department dispatcher dead of coronavirus; backup 911 center used

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Detroit Police Department dispatcher dead of coronavirus; backup 911 center used Telemedicine surges, fueled by coronavirus fears and shift in payment rules Coronavirus: Exactly what public safety designed FirstNet for 911 calls dip 30% as Chicagoans stay home amid coronavirus Coronavirus threatens to wipe out California’s $21-billion surplus. […]
Newscan: Madison running virtual emergency operations for the first time ever during COVID-19 pandemic crisis

Newscan: Madison running virtual emergency operations for the first time ever during COVID-19 pandemic crisis

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Madison running virtual emergency operations for the first time ever during COVID-19 pandemic crisis Vermont and Minnesota now recognize grocery employees as emergency workers Disinfecting drones to fight COVID-19? No thanks, says defense department Do drones have a realistic place in the COVID-19 fight? As coronavirus surveillance escalates, […]

Key public-safety groups seek consensus for next-gen 911 direction, federal funding

Representatives from 12 key public-safety organizations met last week in an effort to develop a consensus position about next-generation 911 (NG911) that would encourage Congress to provide federal funds supporting a transition from legacy systems to an IP-based 911 platform capable of supporting multimedia communications. Conducted last Friday in Washington, D.C., the meeting was co-hosted […]
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