CCTHIA announces emergency communications system for tribal members – (AK)

 The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is now working with Everbridge, a leader in critical communications, to provide tribal citizens with emergency communication before, during and after a critical event.

According to a press release, the Everbridge emergency notification system will be used as the tribe’s primary critical event management technology platform to provide emergency and non-emergency communication, comprehensive assessment and response to community incidents.

Take a Tour of a Modern 911 Central Dispatch Facility | (MO)

In North America, we take for granted the convenience and availability of our first responders. I recently had the privilege to tour the Johnson County Central Dispatch (JCCD), the primary Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) in Johnson County, Missouri, and I was highly impressed. It had been about 20 years since the last time I toured a PSAP—commonly called a 911 call center, so I was curious to see the technology progression.