NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Mountain Valley Emergency Communications Center (MVECC), the regional public safety answering point serving the communities of Summit, New Providence and Millburn, is the first public safety answering point in the country to opreationalize ‘EmergencyLocate’, an online enhancement tool for MVECC’s recently implemented what3words location identification platform.
Developed in the United Kingdom (UK), EmergencyLocate works in concert with the what3words application to gather and share location data with 9-1-1 dispatchers in real time, without the caller needing to verbally provide their location. ‘EmergencyLocate’ is currently in use in the UK and in Canada and provides tiers of service to its customers… READ MORE
