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D.C. Mayor Was Warned of Safety Issues before Furlough Triggered Dropped 9-1-1 Calls
March 2, 2011Washington, D.C. — The D.C. mayor’s office was warned that furloughing 9-1-1 emergency calltakers could harm public safety — weeks before nearly 200 calls went unanswered on Feb. 22 because the furlough stripped the call center of employees.
Read full articleDispatch Change Could Speed 9-1-1 Cell Times in Milwaukee
March 2, 2011Milwaukee County, Wis. — Milwaukee cell phone users could get quicker responses to their 911 calls when the city takes over fielding such calls within the city limits, the Milwaukee County sheriff’s office says.
Read full article9-1-1 Call Made over Gasoline Price Hike
March 2, 2011Edgard, La. — An unusual call for the 9-1-1- emergency center in St. John the Baptist Parish may be a sign of the times: a motorist complaining about escalating gasoline prices.
Read full articleFinances Threaten Sequatchie 9-1-1 Office
March 2, 2011Chattanooga, Tenn. — The Sequatchie County 9-1-1 office could be put under Tennessee Emergency Communications Board supervision if a recent audit shows it in the red for a third consecutive year, officials say. Sequatchie County commissioners last week approved $40,000 for the county’s 9-1-1 District to keep the department running until the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
Read full articleSupervisors Take Another Look at San Rafael Complex for Public Safety Facility
February 28, 2011Marin County, Calif. — County supervisors are privately trading spirited opinions as they try to reach consensus on the most appropriate location for a new public safety facility, but are warming to a plan to acquire and remodel an existing building not far from the Civic Center campus.
Read full articleEmergency Locator Bracelet Leads to Missing Long Beach Man
February 28, 2011Long Beach, Calif. — An elderly man who wandered away from his downtown home earlier this week was found safe with the help of an emergency locator bracelet, police said Friday. Police dispatchers learned the man was given a free emergency locator bracelet as part of the police department’s Safe Reunion/Long Beach program. Once the bracelet was activated the man was quickly found.
Read full articleLancaster County Gets OK for New Radio System
February 28, 2011Lancaster, Pa. — Lancaster County’s stalled efforts to build a new emergency radio system are up and running again. The commissioners on Thursday announced the Federal Communications Commission has granted the county’s request to take over a television communications band (T-band) for its emergency system.
Read full articleInvestigations into Verizon 9-1-1 Failures, Latest Outage in Virginia
February 24, 2011Fairfax County, Va. — A variety of Verizon network and equipment failures have disrupted 911 emergency call service in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, leading to demands for investigations and an upgrade from local and federal officials. The most recent breakdown occurred Friday [Feb. 18] in Fairfax and Arlington counties
Read full articleFCC Seeks Comments on Technical Interoperability Framework for Public Safety Broadband Network
February 24, 2011The Commission seeks comments on the development of a technical interoperability framework for the nationwide public safety broadband network. This document considers and proposes additional requirements to further promote and enable nationwide interoperability among public safety broadband networks operating in the 700 MHz band. This document addresses public safety broadband network interoperability from a technological perspective and considers interoperability at various communication layers.
Read full articleFCC CSRIC Final Meeting on March 14
February 24, 2011In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) will hold its final meeting on March 14, 2011, at 9 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Federal Communications Commission, Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
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