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St. Johns County Dispatchers Get Advice from Person Behind 9-1-1 call
September 18, 2015Dispatchers representing law enforcement agencies from all over northeast Florida were in St. Johns County Thursday for a training workshop led by a man who was on the other end of a 911 call, Nathan Lee, president and founder of the Denise Amber Lee Foundation. (The St. Augustine Record)
Read full articleA Conversation with Henning Schulzrinne
September 18, 2015Columbia University Professor Henning Schulzrinne, former Chief Technologist at the Federal Communications Commission, recently sat down with Richard Bennett to discuss technology and the evolution of networking, especially as it pertains to next generation 9-1-1. (High Tech Forum)
Read full articleThe Road to Next Generation 9-1-1
September 18, 2015To fund 911 updates, governments should evaluate their current 911 surcharge assessed on telecommunications devices. (Emergency Management.com)
Read full articleDenise Amber Lee Foundation and VPI Partner to Launch “9-1-1 QA Every Day” Initiative
September 18, 2015The Denise Amber Lee Foundation and VPI will unite their expertise and passion for 9-1-1 QA to help educate public safety agencies as well as the general public on how to consistently and effectively review ‘9-1-1 QA Every Day,’ so that no more lives are lost due to human error on the part of 9-1-1 telecommunicators.
Read full articleYoung Tech Company Asks the Question “Why Does New Technology Have to Cost So Much?
September 18, 2015Although considered a young technology company, TimeMachines by CSS has already built a solid reputation for engineering the most capable and cost-efficient Time Servers and Displays on the market.
Read full articleSepura Recruits Global Applications Business Development Director
September 18, 2015Sepura has appointed Rod Stafford as Business Development Director within the organisation’s applications business.
Read full articleCoaxial Components Corp Enters into Strategic Agreement with Ultram Technologies Ltd
September 18, 2015Coaxial Components Corp is pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic agreement with Ultram Technologies Ltd., making them Coaxicom’s exclusive representative for the country of Israel.
Read full articleADT is Live with ASAP
September 16, 2015ADT Security Services, ranked as the largest central station in the nation, went live with ASAP® in the city of Richmond, VA on August 25.
Read full articleA 911 Call Center Worker Saves the Day in Fairfax
September 8, 2015Last weekend, between 7 Saturday evening and 7 Sunday morning, there were 713 calls to Fairfax County 911 for an array of accidents, fires, domestic incidents and crimes across the sprawling suburban jurisdiction of 1.1 million people. One stood out.
Read full articleStress and the 9-1-1 Telecommunicator
September 3, 2015When Caitlin Sampsell decided to go back to school to earn a master’s degree in Public Administration from Western Michigan University last year, she chose a master’s research theme that was relevant to her life and work.
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