by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 2, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The largest prize challenge in NIST’s history reached its culmination last month as contestants of the Tech to Protect Challenge, a software development prize competition birthed by NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research division (PSCR) with partners the First Responder Network Authority and FirstNet by AT&T, earned nearly $500K in funding for exhibiting progress toward commercialization after gaining initial funding during the May Demonstration Round contest…
by ECC Editor | Dec 2, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Cloud-based 911 solutions provider Carbyne announced a strategic technology partnership with legacy 911 vendor CentralSquare that is designed to let public-safety answering point (PSAP) customers benefit from the integration of the two companies’ offerings as the migrate to next-generation 911 (NG911)… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 1, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Have you ever been in an emergency and called 911? Most of you would have, and the person who responds to your call is a 911 dispatcher whose duty is to receive the calls and respond to an emergency. The 911 dispatcher is another career within the law enforcement agencies that act as a bridge to mitigate emergencies within the United States.
There are many tempting aspects of the job of 911 Dispatcher that has compelled many people to look for the ways of becoming a 911 dispatcher, if you are reading this article you might be one of them who wonder, how to become a dispatcher or how much do 911 dispatchers make?
by ECC Editor | Dec 1, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
(TNS) — Children are taught from a young age to dial 911 in an emergency. Whether it’s a heart attack, a break-in or a fire, 911 answers the call right away.
A widespread 911 service outage across Kansas on Sunday afternoon is testing that assumption.
A roughly three-hour disruption sent police and sheriffs scrambling to post alternative phone numbers to social media. Multiple counties were unable to log into the state’s 911 system during that time. What happened if you called varied from area to area, with some agencies able to reroute calls before service was fully restored by around 4:40 p.m… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 27, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
- By Edward Parkinson, FirstNet Authority CEO
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) is saddened to learn of the passing of Assistant Sheriff Raymond Flynn (Ret.) of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. We extend our thoughts and prayers to Ray’s family and friends.
Ray dedicated his life to public service and helping others. He was a nationally recognized leader on public safety communications issues, and is considered a founding member of the FirstNet Authority family through his work on the Public Safety Alliance and FirstNet’s Public Safety Advisory Committee.
FirstNet owes much of its success today to people like Ray, whose tenacity and hard work as an advocate for public safety led to the establishment of the nationwide public safety broadband network.
The FirstNet Authority will miss Ray and remember the legacy he leaves behind for public safety every day.
by ECC Editor | Nov 25, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Brian Rosen, co-chair of the NENA i3 Architecture Group, provides a status update for Version 3 of the NENA i3 standard for next-generation 911 (NG911), which is entering its second public review and comment phase and could be finalized as early as March 2021. Version 3 of i3 includes several notable additions, including new specifications for callbacks and language that is designed to enable interoperability between i3 systems… READ MORE
