POSTED BY: EDITORIAL STAFF JANUARY 26, 2020
(This is a new series focusing on those that have made FirstNet a reality for Public Safety.)
By W. Brent Lee, Public Safety Consultant
When Ed Parkinson was named the acting CEO of the First Responder Network Authority in October of 2018, his assignment related to public safety broadband that has represented a full cycle from a committee policy staffer to overseeing the program he helped legislatively create.
Following a disaster, the ability to communicate is critical. Emergency responders have to know the needs of a community to provide efficient, effective help.
“In the wake of a large scale disaster, communication systems are usually a mess,” said Tech Sgt. Ian Crocker, Information Systems Analyst with the 10th Civil Support Team. “The CST’s communication packages provide a robust network for the responders on the ground to make the critical connections… READ MORE
Oakland, Calif., has selected Motorola Solutions’ new cloud-based “Disaster Recovery as a Service” (DRaaS) solution as an alternative method to access the PremierOne CAD system in the event of an earthquake, wildfire or other incident that causes the on-premise infrastructure to be unavailable.
City of Oakland CIO Andrew “Pete” Peterson said that he believes having the communication center’s recovery housed in the cloud—a virtual communications center—makes more sense than building and maintaining a separate physical… READ MORE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY/PHARR – Telecommunications company AT&T donated $101,570.00 to South Texas’ College first responders pilot program. The program is housed at the Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence (RCPSE) facility in Pharr where 80 low-income students have the opportunity to earn or re-certify a first responder certification… READ MORE
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Crystal Teamer experienced stressful situations when she worked as a flight attendant. Nothing though that compares to the stress she deals with in her current position as a Columbus Police 9-1-1 dispatcher.
“I had a call last week, it bothered me,” Teamer says. “I cried when I got home. That’s OK but you can’t let that bother you every single day. You can’t take everything personal.”
Tinder is following in Uber’s lead in adding in-app safety features for dates that become unsafe.The dating app is adding new safety features, including a panic button that alerts safety authorities if something goes wrong during a date. Tinder has also added the ability to check-in, telling friends where the daters are.
[…] If the user feels unsafe, they will have to open the Noonlight app and press a button that discreetly contacts Noonlight dispatchers. The dispatcher will first send them a text so they don’t have to vocally talk for help. If that’s unanswered, Noonlight will send a code and call them. If there are no answer, Noonlight will dispatch emergency services.
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