Board declares emergency over Humboldt County’s 911 system failures (CA)

One week after reviewing a facilities master plan, which included a recommendation for the renovation of sheriff’s office infrastructure, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to declare a facilities’ emergency over the state of the county’s 911 radio communications system.

“This is a major public safety issue,” said 2nd District Supervisor Estelle Fennell.

The move will allocate more than $650,000 toward repairs and upgrades that will stabilize the failing system…

IWCE Virtual Session – Public Safety DAS and BDAs: Focus on Network Infrastructure

IWCE Virtual on August 24-27,2020 brought the global critical communications community together for 5 days of education, networking, new technology trends and much more! Now you can catch up on up on some of the most impactful sessions you might have missed at the show.

In this session, you’ll hear several OEMs and other experts discuss DAS and BDAs for public safety and the current state of the Emergency Responder and Radio Communications Systems (ERRCS). In-building wireless has become an integral part of critical infrastructure for both first responders and citizens, and the marketplace for in-building coverage has expanded dramatically, with FirstNet, new materials and processes in cabling, and new jurisdictional requirements…

NENA Cancels In-Person NG9-1-1 Standards & Best Practices and 9-1-1 Goes to Washington Conferences

NENA announced today that it has canceled its upcoming in-person events the NG9-1-1 Standards & Best Practices Conference (originally planned for January 21) and 9-1-1 Goes to Washington (originally planned for February 21) due to the ongoing public-health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. NENA is exploring the possibility of hosting a virtual 9-1-1 Goes to Washington in February of 2021 and looks forward to resuming the in-person Standards & Best Practices Conference in January of 2022.

First Responder Friday Salutes 911 Dispatcher Judy Puma (NY)

Every Friday we honor the people who help us during our darkest times. This week we send the First Responder Friday salute to a veteran dispatcher Judy Puma.

Can you imagine a more stressful job than answering the calls of people who are in pure panic mode? Judy Puma has been doing it for 21 years with the Oneida County 911 Center. Remaining calm when on the other end of the line is someone trying to explain their emergency at a fast rate of speed can’t be easy. Then, Judy has to get the proper location, the type of emergency, and determine a proper response team…