Dispatch/Call-taking

Polaris Wireless: Scot Gordon talks about 3D location tech for 911 callers, first responders

  Scot Gordon, director of advanced technology for Polaris Wireless, outlines technological progress toward delivering vertical location—known as Z-axis information, even indoors—for cellular callers dialing 911 by using hybrid data from multiple sources, including Wi-Fi systems and barometric-pressure sensors on smart devices. Such technology also could be used to help track the location of firefighters […]

Avaya announces ability to provide real-time, 911-location updates for devices in national database

Avaya this week announced that the location of IP-based enterprise phones and PBX systems deployed with the company’s SENTRY NG911 technology can be updated in a national next-generation 911 database for use by public-safety answering points (PSAPs) responding to emergency calls. “In an enterprise environment, when an Avaya phone plugs into the network, our SENTRY […]
Newscan: Emergency managers, 911 call-takers unaware of Camp Fire’s spreading speed until it was too late for many  

Newscan: Emergency managers, 911 call-takers unaware of Camp Fire’s spreading speed until it was too late for many  

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Emergency managers, 911 call-takers unaware of Camp Fire’s spreading speed until it was too late for many Do University of South Florida police radios work on campus? Lawsuit raises questions, campus shootings raise stakes Guam governor promises to return $3.8 million in diverted 911 fees Drone sightings, near […]

Potential security issue with Kodiak push-to-talk offering has been fixed, AT&T says

A security vulnerability in software associated with AT&T’s Enhanced Push to Talk [EPTT] that leverages the Kodiak platform owned by Motorola Solution has been eliminated, an AT&T representative this week told California First Responder Network (CalFRN). Abigail Baker, AT&T’s region manager for FirstNet consultation in California, Hawaii and Nevada, read a prepared statement about the […]
PoC can replace LMR under certain circumstances, but not for mission-critical voice, speakers say

PoC can replace LMR under certain circumstances, but not for mission-critical voice, speakers say

Push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) technology can allow enterprises to halt investment in LMR systems for non-mission-critical users today, but PoC solutions and broadband networks need to evolve before similar decisions could be made for mission-critical personnel, panelists said during a recent IWCE webinar. Brad Stoddard, director of Michigan’s Public Safety Communications System, said PoC certainly can be […]
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