BROOME COUNTY, NY – Broome County’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet network expansion currently underway by AT&T*. We’ve added a new FirstNet purpose-built cell site in Broome County that serves the Town and Village of Triangle, the hamlet of Penelope along the northern town border, the Route 206 corridor through Triangle between Whitney Point and the Chenango County border, the Triangle State Forest to the north, County Route 137, and Route 133 between Triangle and the Town of Barker. This new site is giving first responders on FirstNet – America’s public safety network – access to always-on, 24-hours-a-day priority and preemption across voice and data…
The Florida Department of Education (DOE) has selected AT&T* to provide an instant emergency notification and coordinated emergency response solution to enhance school safety throughout Florida. The system securely shares live video and directly connects school communications, including radio, with responding public safety agencies so they can understand the situation, coordinate action and quickly resolve the incident… READ MORE
Developments in 911 technology over the past 25 years brought Enhanced 911 and Wireless 911 to more than 90% of American PSAPs, but the voice-centric 911 call remained the backbone of emergency service. Now, however, with local governments taking advantage of innovative, cloud-based public-safety software, dispatchers — today better described as telecommunicators — and first responders can access critical situational details in the moments that matter most…
About a year into my first term as Pennsylvania governor, our state was slammed by the Blizzard of ‘96. I recall declaring a state of emergency and ordering my fellow Pennsylvanians to stay off the roads. Of course, our first responders were still out in the storm protecting the public.
Twenty-five years later, the emergency isn’t a blinding snowstorm, but a devastating pandemic. And again, it’s our first responders who put themselves in harm’s way.
In police stations, fire houses, ambulances and 911 dispatch centers across the nation, our first responders are working to respond to the needs of their communities and to keep themselves and their families safe from a deadly disease…
The call comes into the police department for a missing person. Sometimes it’s regarding an adult who didn’t show up for work. It might be a teenager who has run away from home. It might be a child who got separated from their parents while on an outing.
Police train for these kinds of missing person cases. But what happens when the missing person has special needs and may be unable to communicate with authorities? …
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week 2021 is less than two weeks away (Sunday April 11 through Saturday April 17) creating the ideal time to revisit the history of 911 and see where we are today.
Early days of 911
Early discussions for an emergency number originated in 1957 by the National Association of Fire Chiefs. The chiefs recommended a single number a person could call to report a fire. However, other organizations wanted separate numbers for other emergencies. Discussions on national numbers for emergencies continued until 1967…
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.
