NICE, Intrado to develop joint NG-911 solution 6th October 2010 The NICE/Intrado solution will aggregate and categorize data automatically based on user-generated parameters.
Nothing to it 1st October 2010 When planning its backup communications solution, Lifespan — the state of Rhode Island’s first health system — realized that a highly portable system would provide more value to the community.
We hear you 1st October 2010 As federally funded researchers continue to test digital radio technologies, manufacturers bring to market new and improved models, based in large part on user input, that perform better on the fireground — but there’s work still to do.
iPhone app offers PSAP transparency 21st September 2010 The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s FireDepartment.org free application lets users to listen in live to the actions of dispatchers, firefighters and paramedics.
FCC to consider new location-accuracy rules 21st September 2010 FCC commissioners are scheduled to vote Thursday on a new E-911 location-accuracy requirement for emergency calls made from cellular phones, as well to launch a proceeding that would examine location-accuracy requirements for next-generation 911 systems.
dash Carrier extends benefits from call-routing platform to managed service 20th September 2010 The dashESP managed service accepts emergency calls from carriers and delivers them to PSAPs, which can use existing equipment without modification or upgrade to NG911-compliant systems.
Counties report business drivers for ECaTS 20th September 2010 The comparative analysis feature allows the county managers to see their best PSAPs and work with those PSAPs that require more coaching/help, and the validation of funding/position requests are now supported by actual call volume and call handling statistics.
News NFPA 72 provides for wireless alarm options 17th September 2010 The National Fire Protection Association recently approved wireless products for commercial sites as a way to alert emergency control centers of a fire on the premises under section 26.6.3.1 of NFPA 72.
News FCC opens proceeding for 23 more 700 MHz waiver jurisdictions 17th September 2010 Key questions the FCC bureau is asking in the proceeding include the eligibility of non-public-safety entities — for instance, for-profit utilities — to operate on a proposed network deployed on public-safety spectrum, and how the agency should deal with waiver requests from entities with overlapping geographical jurisdictions.
APCO president: Training certification programs are top priority 14th September 2010 Bill Carrow, the communications section chief for the Delaware State Police who last month began his term as APCO’s president, speaks extensively about one of his pet projects — training certification for 911 telecommunicators — and the progress that has been made to date.
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