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Cassidian Communications Expands Notification Reach of U.S. Public Safety Professionals, Helps Operations Gather Critical Contact Data
July 22, 2011• 9-1-1 data currently does not include cell and unpublished phone numbers, creating critical gaps in the information used by emergency notification systems
• Self-Registration Portal (SRP) allows residents to proactively sign up online to receive emergency and non-emergency messages
Request for p-ANI Assignment Information
July 22, 2011As a follow up to the notice sent on 6/20/2011, announcing that the FCC approved Neustar’s Change Order Proposal #19 regarding implementation of the permanent Routing Number Administrator (RNA) function on 6/17/2011, we are now requesting that any entity that is using any non-dialable p-ANIs report on all of its non-dialable p-ANIS using the Initial Report attached to this notice.
Read full articleEmergency Access Advisory Committee Announcement of Aug. 12, 2011 Meeting
July 21, 2011The next meeting of the EAAC will be held at the Commission headquarters, 445 12th St., SW, Commission Meeting Room, Washington, D.C. on Friday, August 12, 2011 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST). The purpose of the EAAC is to determine the most effective and efficient technologies and methods by which to enable access to Next Generation 911 emergency services by individuals with disabilities.
Read full articleRosenberg PD Chooses Spillman for Everywhere-Access to Data
July 21, 2011Rosenberg, Texas. – July 19, 2011 – Officers at the Rosenberg Police Department will gain access to records and images and have the ability to search for data, view dispatched information, and receive call assignments from the field using the new Spillman Touch application.
Read full articleWill County 9-1-1 Backhauls Crucial Dispatch Information with Exalt
July 21, 2011CAMPBELL, Calif. — Exalt Communications announced that Will County 9-1-1 in Ill. has deployed Exalt microwave backhaul systems to connect its new dispatch center in Bolingbrook, Ill., with a regional switching center approximately 13 miles away.
Read full articleDes Plaines Approves Cell Tower for Public Safety & Lease
July 21, 2011The Des Plaines city council Tuesday night reversed an earlier decision to deny a 100-foot cellphone tower despite opposition from neighbors who say it would lower their property values and pose health risks. The proposal by T-Mobile calls for erecting a lattice tower.
Read full articleFired Guard Says He Was Ordered Not to Call 9-1-1 before a Detention-Center Death
July 20, 2011West Palm Beach, Fla. — A guard who was on duty when an 18-year-old died at a West Palm Beach juvenile detention center stepped forward Monday, saying that he was ordered not to call 911 when he thought something was wrong.
Read full articleMen Suspected of Hallucinating Call 9-1-1 for Help
July 20, 2011Springfield, Ga. (AP) — South Georgia authorities say two men became so high on drugs they began hallucinating and called 9-1-1 when they thought intruders had broken into a home.
Read full articleArchitects Design Group Designs Okeechobee County Emergency Operations Center
July 19, 2011Winter Park, FL (July 15, 2011) – Architects Design Group (ADG), headquartered in Winter Park, announced the firm has completed the $3.6 million, 14,500 square foot Okeechobee County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and 911 Communications Center.
Read full articleCODY Systems’ C.O.B.R.A. Information-Sharing Platform Chosen by the South Central Pennsylvania Task Force
July 19, 2011Project is Phase 1 of anticipated roll-out to provide one-stop searching of real-time, actionable information across all law enforcement agencies in the eight-county region, regardless of RMS vendor, at the desktop and in the field, to enhance officer/citizen safety and homeland security
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