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Northern Middlesex Eyes Regional 9-1-1 Service
August 1, 2011LOWELL, Ma. — With Greater Lowell cities and towns facing budget challenges because of steep declines in state aid in recent years, they have been forced to become more creative about how to achieve cost savings. One solution Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration has aggressively promoted to help municipalities achieve budget efficiencies is regionalization.
Read full articlePrioritizing 9-1-1 Calls Will Get Review in Riverside
August 1, 2011RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Riverside County’s emergency dispatch system treats all 9-1-1 calls as life-threatening emergencies and deploys firefighters and ambulances, a practice that emergency providers call potentially wasteful and dangerous.
Read full articleSwatting 9-1-1: Hoax Calls Add Pressure, danger
August 1, 2011PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. — A California couple with a 2-year-old daughter is awakened late at night by heavily armed police storming their home after a false report of a shooting. A Texas family is stunned when officers with automatic weapons respond to their house expecting a drug-fueled murderer who is demanding $50,000 in exchange for hostages. And a Wyckoff neighborhood is put on lockdown as the Bergen County SWAT team shoots tear gas into what proves to be a home occupied only by a cat. In each case, the people who wound up in the crosshairs were actually victims of a dangerous and increasingly common hoax known as “swatting,” so called because a bogus emergency call prompts the response of a SWAT team.
Read full articleVirginia Tech Campus Addresses Now Standardized
August 1, 2011BLACKSBURG, Va. — In a move to imporve emergency response to the campus and working in collaboration with Blacksburg officials and campus and town police, Virginia Tech University has implemented standardized addresses for all campus buildings.
Read full articleCounties Will Save $3 Million on 9-1-1 Switch
August 1, 2011WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. — Westmoreland County and two of its neighbors won’t have to pick up the tab on implementation of a new switching system for the 9-1-1 emergency dispatch system, and as a result, each will save nearly $1 million.
Read full articleNYC Emergency Communications Director Quits Before Revamp
August 1, 2011NEW YORK — The expert hired to rescue the city’s effort to build a new 911 system is leaving his job after less than a year and long before the new emergency communications network is ready.
Read full articleArchitects Design Group Designs Sunrise Public Safety Complex
July 29, 2011Sunrise, FL (July 22, 2011) – Architects Design Group (ADG), headquartered in Winter Park, announced the firm has completed the $32.5 million, 125,000 square foot Public Safety Complex for the City of Sunrise, Florida.
Read full articleNixle Names Veteran Technologist CEO Eric Liu Named as Chief Executive Officer; Scott Mason Assumes Role of Chairman
July 29, 2011San Francisco, CA – July 28, 2011 – Nixle, LLC, a leader in civilian messaging applications for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies has announced the promotion of Eric Liu to its Chief Executive Officer position and appointment of Scott Mason as Chairman. Liu, who joined Nixle in 2008, was previously the company’s Chief Product Officer. These changes come as Nixle prepares to make significant announcements pertaining to feature enhancements.
Read full articleKansas City Board of Public Utilities Selects Tropos Networks for Smart Grid Communications
July 29, 2011SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Tropos Networks, the best-of-breed provider of private wireless IP broadband networks for the smart grid today announced that the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (KCBPU) has selected Tropos GridCom™ as their communications infrastructure for aggregating multiple smart grid applications across their 127 square mile service territory. KCBPU, a publicly owned provider of electricity and water services in the Kansas City area, is deploying a smart grid for both power and water utilities. The utility’s smart grid goals include improving operational efficiencies, increasing reliable delivery of power and water services, and continuing to build customer satisfaction.
Read full articleCassidian Communications Expands Notification Reach of U.S. Public Safety Professionals, Helps Operations Gather Critical Contact Data
July 29, 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
