Dispatch/Call-taking

New emergency-communications system to integrate cross-jurisdictional data into one digital space

Over the last two decades, the emergency-management community has recognized that natural disasters and other emergency situations don’t always follow county lines or town borders. Interagency collaboration is vital—mutual-aid agreements expand the capacity of first responders, for example, and data-sharing solutions can give local telecommunicators regionwide data at the click of a mouse button.  One […]

Mark43 partners with what3words, integrates unique location approach into CAD system

Agencies using Mark43’s cloud-based computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) system will be able to leverage location information from what3words, a technology that uses three-word groupings to describe every 10-foot-by-10-foot square area on Earth. Matt Polega, Mark43’s co-founder and head of a communications and public policy, said that XY coordinates from satellite GPS technology is accurate in most outdoor […]

Omdia: Paul Bremner discusses control-room/PSAP trends, new industry report

  Paul Bremner, Omdia’s lead analyst for the Command and Control Rooms Intelligence Service (providing market data and insights into the future of control rooms/PSAPs), talks about the technological evolution of control rooms/911 emergency communications centers (ECCs) and its impact on the market in this conversation with with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson. Bremner […]

House budget legislation includes $10 billion in federal NG911 funding

Proposed budget-reconciliation legislation introduced in the U.S. House calls for $10 billion in federal funding to support implementing IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) in the United States during the next four years, according to language in the massive multi-trillion-dollar budget-reconciliation proposal. Grant money would be available to support eligible entities “implementing [NG911], operating and maintaining [NG911], […]

Verizon: Cory Davis discusses new THOR deployable, scheduled showcase at IWCE 2021

  Cory Davis, director of Verizon Response and Public-Safety Operations, outlines the capabilities of THOR (Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response), Verizon Frontlines’ deployable prototype vehicle that can support a variety of first-responder broadband needs, including Ultrawideband 5G, satellite connectivity and drone operations, as well as 4G LTE and other more typical technologies being used by public […]
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