As Fire, EMS and other first responders work around the clock to assess and mitigate the COVID-19 spread nationwide, we stand with you. And we’re here to help. Join us this Thursday to learn directly from first responders on the front lines about how they’re handling street operations; dealing with potential infections among their own; preparing and sanitizing their stations and equipment; and ensuring they have the technology they need to effectively communicate.
EMS/Fire Street Operations with Brian Fennessy, Fire Chief Orange County Fire Authority in California
Human Resource Issues with Harold Scoggins, Fire Chief Seattle Fire Department in Washington
Facility & Equipment Issues with Jim Whitney, Chief Medical Officer Redmond Fire Department in Washington
Technology Issues & Opportunities with Dan Munsey, Fire Chief San Bernardino Fire & EMS in California and Greg Rubin, Communications Chief, Miami Dade Fire Rescue
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As law enforcement and other first responders work around the clock to assess and mitigate the COVID-19 spread nationwide, we stand with you. And we’re here to help.
Join us this Friday to learn from other first responders about how they’re handling patient engagement and operations; dealing with potential infections among their own; preparing and sanitizing their stations and equipment; and ensuring they have the technology they need to effectively communicate.
Everyone knows from movies and TV shows that when you dial 911 on
your phone, an operator picks up and usually responds with, “911, what’s
your emergency?” But how does that call get routed and what happens
after callers have described their emergency situation?
A movement underway across the country is seeking to modernize and
upgrade the entire 911 experience and the technology infrastructure
behind it. The goal is to make it easier for callers to transmit richer
and more detailed information about their emergencies, and for staff at 911 call centers, known as public safety answer points, or PSAPs, to then provide that information to first responders.
The effort, known as Next Generation 911 (NG911), is an initiative designed to….
Every year, NENA – The National Emergency Number Association – estimates that there are over 240 million calls into 911 call centers (known as Public Safety Answer Points or PSAPs). A common problem among all PSAPs continues to be non-emergency calls arriving into the center on Their specialized 911 trunks that exist specifically for emergency calls. The quantity of these trunks is typically limited in each center and and the amount has been carefully engineered to handle the normal volume of 911 calls from the community served by that agency along with a few spares and diverse CO routing where available. The problem is that when they become flooded with non-emergency traffic, legitimate emergency calls could be blocked.
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.