Commentary The future of public safety: Open minds needed to achieve goals 3rd October 2013 Public safety can achieve new levels of efficiency and effectiveness by leveraging new technologies, but this can only happen if leaders–elected officials and those within the first-responder community–are willing to embrace innovative ideas.
News Echopass enhances security of cloud-based contact-center platforms 2nd October 2013 Echopass, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based provider of cloud-based contact-center solutions, recently enhanced the security of its offerings.
Video General Dynamics C4 Systems works with Texas A&M training facility 2nd October 2013 Chris Marzilli, president of General Dynamics C4 Systems, discusses the company’s participation as a communications provider in the first-responder training facility at Texas A&M University.
Commentary There are limits to cracking down on nuisance 911 calls 1st October 2013 People who call 911 needlessly should face ramifications for wasting the time of PSAP personnel and first responders, but government entities should not have laws that effectively limit the number of times a citizen can call 911 with a legitimate emergency.
Infographic Wisconsin police department turns to Zipwhip for text capability 1st October 2013 Solution lets departments receive almost unlimited texts on their non-emergency telephone lines, while retaining their traditional functionality as voice lines.
Commentary APCO leaders say lots to celebrate, lots still to do 26th September 2013 The current and immediate past presidents of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) discuss accomplishments of the past year and goals for the next 12 months.
Commentary Tune in tomorrow to learn why interoperability remains elusive 24th September 2013 Just a week after a lack of radio interoperability hampered the response to the Washington Navy Yard tragedy, a six-member panel tomorrow will explore the challenges to interoperable communications during a webinar sponsored by Avtec.
Video P25 migration best practices 23rd September 2013 Dean Hane, radio communications manager for the Multi Agency Communications Center (MACC) in Grant County, Wash., talks about things to avoid, and strategies to embrace, when executing a migration to Project 25.
News Migrating to a Project 25 trunked system (Part 1) 19th September 2013 The Multi Agency Communications Center (MACC), which is a consolidated public-safety answering point (PSAP) that serves Grant County, Wash., had to consider several factors before finding the right migration technology to supplant its legacy analog network.
News Cellular location solution makes a difference in Illinois 19th September 2013 Intrado’s Emergency Assist solution enables wireless carriers to locate at-risk subscribers, in order to help public-safety agencies locate them, even if they haven’t dialed 911; the solution is so easy to use, all the carrier needs to do is type in the subscribers 10-digit number and click “Find.”
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024