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Franklin County Delays New 9-1-1 Center by at Least a Year
July 27, 2011FARMINGTON, Maine — A plan to build a new emergency 911 dispatch center for Franklin County will not be ready to go before voters until next year at the earliest, instead of this fall as some county officials had previously hoped. Commissioners decided last week to have a building committee review the project before presenting it to voters. The committee will consist of county officials and at least one community member.
Read full articleIndustry Experts Join PSA Leadership for a Discussion on Wireless Spectrum and Public Safety
July 25, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 28, just two months in advance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Public Safety Alliance will hold a discussion on wireless spectrim and public safety that will shed light on the importance of building a 20 MHz nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network immediately from technical, operational and economic perspectives.
Read full articleCity Asks County to Evaluate Police Dispatching
July 25, 2011LEBANON, Pa. — Police calls in Lebanon may soon be handled by the county. Currently, police calls in the city are handled by the Lebanon police department’s own dispatcher.
Read full articleYork County to Spend $84K on Cellphone Tower Accuracy
July 25, 2011YORK COUNTY, Pa. — York County has hired a State College-based firm to ensure the county’s cellphone towers are detecting accurate locations for individuals calling 9-1-1 to report emergencies.
Read full articleTexas Law Enforcement Agencies Seek Grant for Cameras
July 22, 2011Abilene, Texas — The Abilene Police Department and the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office have applied for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Program, seeking nearly $60,000 that would be split between the two agencies.
Read full articleWebster Police Launch New Alert, Tip System
July 22, 2011Webster, Ma. — The Webster police department is launching the second generation of its Community Notification System, a new interactive way to keep the community connected and informed through opt-in e-mail, text message and web-published public safety alerts.
Read full articleCassidian 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July 22, 2011• 9-1-1 data currently does not include cell and unpublished phone numbers, creating critical gaps in the information used by emergency notification systems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.
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