"Text-to-911"
Webster 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 articleNew York City Unveils New Public Safety System
May 10, 2011“The Personal Localized Alerting Network, what we call PLAN,” said FCC Chair Julius Genachowski on May 10, “is a new technology and service that will turn your mobile device into an emergency alert device with potentially lifesaving messages when public safety is threatened.” The statement came during a press conference at the site of the World Trade Center to announce the launch of PLAN in New York City.
Read full articleColorado Springs Police Set Up Anonymous Texting for Crime Tips
February 4, 2011Colorado Springs, Colo. — That’s the message from Colorado Springs police, who are asking the public to send text messages as part of a new crime-fighting tip service.
Read full articlePersonal 9-1-1 App from Chill List
October 15, 2010Austin, Texas — Chill List, a new iPhone application, uses social networking to boost the power of 911 emergency communications. …
Read full articleWhite Paper Questions Reliability of ‘Texting 9-1-1’
October 12, 20104G Americas has published a white paper that provides a technical and practical analysis of SMS as a means to contact 9-1-1 Emergency Services.
Read full article9-1-1 Upgrade to Allow Texts, Images
September 11, 2010Calltakers at 9-1-1 centers across the nation are seeing more and more cases of people trying to text, tweet and Facebook their emergency calls. Tennessee will be one of the first states in the nation to roll out a statewide, digital 911 system that will allow text messages, photos and videos from cell phones, but it won’t be available for 12 to 18 months.
Read full articleExpectations of Emergency Response for Tweets & Status Updates
August 12, 2010The American Red Cross released the results of an online survey of 1,058 adults asking about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. It turns out that many Web users would turn to social media (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) to get help—and they expect emergency personnel to respond.
Read full articleMarion County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office Launches Text Messaging Service
August 12, 2010The Marion County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office has launched a text messaging service that will enable citizens to text the agency for help in an emergency by texting 352/351-9111. The system, which was developed in-house, enables urgent text messages to be received and handled by a system that is separate from the agency’s 9-1-1 system.
Read full articleVisionAIR & 911-Inc. Demonstrate Live Emergency Texting
August 6, 2010Public safety professionals receive firsthand look at the texting capabilities of the 911-Inc. QuickResponse software & the VisionAIR VisionCAD system.
Read full articleWhy We Can’t Text 9-1-1
May 28, 2010Looks like the word is getting out to the public that they can’t text 9-1-1. APCO’s own Courtney McCarron Hastings…
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