Piatt and DeWitt County dispatch centers use each other as backups, but it is becoming clear that a third option may also be needed.
That was what Piatt County 9-1-1 Director Tim Furman told the Emergency Telephone System Board on May 4. He said the idea arose out of April 8 storms that caused telephone and power outages, and the fact that DeWitt County is a backup for both Piatt and Logan County emergency calls…
By Lori Stone, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority
The Nation’s 9-1-1 professionals are on the on the front lines of emergencies every day and play a vital role in keeping our communities safe and secure. As they take calls and gather essential information to determine a situation’s severity, public safety telecommunicators are using the FirstNet network to support innovative approaches to 9-1-1 and dispatch.
The nationwide network is built in public private partnership between the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and AT&T. It provides a dedicated, secure and reliable connection for public safety for everyday operations or emergency communications. READ MORE
| NENA is proud to publish How 9-1-1 Is Changing in a COVID-19 World, the second paper in NENA’s 9-1-1 & COVID-19 report series. These reports are designed to inform public-safety stakeholders, policymakers, and the public about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting 9-1-1 operations, technology, and personnel.
This report, based on 500 survey responses from 9-1-1 professionals across 44 states and territories, builds upon insights from our initial report published on April 3, 2020. For example, the first survey asked respondents… |
The Kewaunee County 9-1-1 emergency dispatch service will get a long-overdue upgrade with the help of a federal grant.
The County Board last week approved an $83,555.20 transfer to provide a 40% match for a $125,332.80 grant from the federally funded Wisconsin NextGen 9-1-1 Reimbursement Grant Program.
“We are woefully at our end of life in our 9-1-1,” Sheriff Matt Joski told supervisors…
Three public safety professionals from Oakland County were among those called to help at the TCF Center’s temporary medical care facility in Detroit, set up for the COVID-19 outbreak.
Matt Weil, Ken Kiley and Kevin Humphreys are part of the Oakland County Communications Support Team that was on-site at the TCF Center for the past month. The field hospital officially shut down Thursday because area hospitals are able to handle the current…
