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Newscan: 911 Grant Program now accepting applications to upgrade nation’s call centers

Newscan: 911 Grant Program now accepting applications to upgrade nation’s call centers

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Minnesota sheriff’s office using drones to save lives The operational benefits of deploying public-safety tech innovations College campuses consider pulling emergency blue-light phones AT&T does flip flop on fixed 5G, now sees it ‘unequivocally’ as a landline-broadband replacement AT&T plans to test 5G with AirGig, seeks AirGig manufacturers […]

AT&T officials expect greater FirstNet adoption as Band 14 deployment remains ahead of schedule

AT&T expects greater public-safety adoption of FirstNet in 2019, as subscribers to the system benefit from the carrier’s plans to execute an aggressive coordinated deployment of FirstNet and 5G throughout much of the U.S. during the year, AT&T executives said today during the company’s quarterly earnings call. John Stephens, AT&T’s senior executive vice president and […]

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 […]
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