FCC Announces Workshop on Technology Transition and Public Safety
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission issued the following press release:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provides an initial agenda and session participant information (subject to change) for the workshop on “Public Safety Imperatives for All-IP Networks” scheduled for April 17, 2014 and April 18, 2014 in Washington, D.C. This workshop was previously announced on March 14, 2014 and will explore the impact of the technology transition on key public safety, emergency response, and national security functions.
AGENDA
Day 1: Thursday, April 17, 2014 – Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305)
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks David G. Simpson, Rear Admiral (Ret.) USN, Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB), FCC
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Overview of FCC Technology Transition Order Henning Schulzrinne, Chief Technology Officer, FCC
9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session 1: Incident Response During and After the Technology
Transition
This session will discuss communications requirements for public safety incident response in an all-IP-based infrastructure. Session participants will address incident scenarios that involve multiple 911 communications, dispatch and mutual aid, coordination of multifunctional and multi-jurisdictional response, and issuance of public alerts and warnings.
*Omitted footnote and Rest of the document can be viewed at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-493A1.pdf