MCLEAN, Va. and BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NGA 911, LLC (NGA), the source for complete, customizable and reliable NG9-1-1 solutions, today partnered with NextNav, a leader in next generation GPS, to provide actionable vertical location to its ever-growing public safety client base.
Using the NGA-powered NGCS ESInet, agencies gain greater situational awareness and benefit from a common picture of Emergency Communication Centers (ECCs) in a single framework. Now, NGA’s clients will receive the most accurate vertical location data, provided by NextNav Pinnacle and delivered across the geospatially-powered ESInet domain. The result: NGA will be positioned to natively route floor-level vertical location data of incoming requests for service across its ecosystem and display the location in 2D and 3D formats. In turn, First Responders gain the confidence that they – and those they’re dispatched to serve – will remain protected in emergency response instances…
SAN ANTONIO – Staffing the 9-1-1 Dispatch Center in Helotes has become a major concern for Mayor Rich Whitehead. Bexar County could be the solution to the problem.
“Our call volume for Helotes and Grey Forest only accounts for about 30 percent of capacity,” Whitehead says. “It got to the point over time where we were really not financially responsible to continue paying the amount of money that we are for the amount of call volume that Helotes generates…
The Defense Information Systems Agency has crafted a strategy to help the Department of Defense implement an emergency response system for military personnel to communicate with 9-1-1 call centers via text message and video or voice calls.
DISA said Monday it will work with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Emergency Communications Preparedness Center to secure DOD networks during the Next Generation 9-1-1 system transition process…
National Public Safety Communications Week was recently celebrated at the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Pictured in the communications center as Telecommunication Officer Linda Vaughan (seated) takes a call are from l-r, Telecommunications Manager Jason Newman, Sheriff Kevin Kemp and Telecommunications Officer Jacob Burns.The purpose of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, according to Carroll County Sheriff Kevin Kemp, is to celebrate their work which nationally saves millions of lives.
This year, the week was celebrated from April 10 to April 16. If nothing else, it is hoped the public comes away with a sense that their work is more than dispatching…
Emergency 911 dispatcher Robbie Trujillo was recognized for his exemplary service of assisting a childbirth over the phone during the meeting the E911 board April 12.
“It’s really exciting. 911 dispatchers don’t get a lot recognition, we work 60 hour weeks,” Trujillo said. “I’m so honored and so humbled, deeply.
Trujillo said the call started off like many other emergency calls…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
National Public Safety Communications Week was recently celebrated at the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Pictured in the communications center as Telecommunication Officer Linda Vaughan (seated) takes a call are from l-r, Telecommunications Manager Jason Newman, Sheriff Kevin Kemp and Telecommunications Officer Jacob Burns.
