ISP Announces First Counties To Go Live With Next Generation 911 System (IL)

by | Aug 23, 2022 | Comm Center News

MORRIS – Illinois State Police (ISP) Director Brendan F. Kelly, joined by Illinois Statewide 911 Administrator Cindy Barbera-Brelle, Grundy County Sheriff/Emergency Telephone System Board Director of Electronic Operations Chris Kindelspire, and KenCom Public Safety Dispatch Director Lynette Bergeron, today announced the first counties to go live with Next Generation 911. Next Generation 911 moves emergency response communications to a more integrated information technology network.

Rave Mobile Safety and RapidDeploy to Deliver the World’s Largest Public Safety Data …

by | Aug 23, 2022 | Press Release

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—-Aug 23, 2022–

Rave Mobile Safety, the trusted provider of technology solutions that enhance critical communications, increase resiliency, and improve safety, has partnered with RapidDeploy, the industry leader in cloud-native 9-1-1 mapping and analytics, to launch the world’s largest public safety incident data sharing solution in the state of California. This first-of-its-kind project will utilize public safety data aggregation, intelligence sharing, workflows, and notification capabilities found in Rave Aware to enable Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) data sharing, interoperability, and real-time information exchanges while leveraging best-in-class mapping and data visualization from RapidDeploy Radius Mapping.

Emergency call center projected to be finished late next year – (HI)

by | Aug 21, 2022 | Comm Center News

A new facility to consolidate the dispatch centers for the Hawaii Police Department and Hawaii Fire Department is now expected to be finished late next year.

Construction of the new call center, located next to the Mohouli Heights Senior Neighborhood in Hilo, began in October 2021, when it was expected to be completed by early 2023. Now, following some delays, that completion date has been pushed back to September 2023.

Tazewell County 911 presented award by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (VA)

by | Aug 18, 2022 | Comm Center News

TAZEWELL, Va. — Tazewell County’s 911 center has been presented with a national award that recognizes many recent advances including emergency cellphone apps for teachers and an upcoming emergency alert system for school buses.

The Tazewell County 911 Center was presented an award by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) during this year’s national training conference, according to an announcement from the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office.

Accidental 911 calls commonplace in MV | (ID)

by | Aug 17, 2022 | Comm Center News

JEROME — Last year, some 7,800 calls into the Southern Idaho Regional Communications emergency center were classified as 911 hang-ups — an average of 21 a day.

More often than not, the calls are accidental, perhaps “pocket dials” or triggered when children were playing with phones. In one humorous case in California, a monkey at a zoo dialed 911.