The Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission on July 10 approved a $15 million grant to modernize the state’s emergency response system.
The money will go toward moving Idaho’s decades-old analog 911 infrastructure to a secure, digital network called Next Generation 911, according to a press release from the Office of Emergency Management.
and public education throughout the rollout process.”
It’s a call no one ever wants to make, but if you dial 911 you need, and have the right to expect, the system to work when every second counts. That’s why what is happening in America’s largest state should concern everyone in the nation.
California’s attempt to modernize its emergency system with Next Generation 911 was supposed to make things faster, smarter and more efficient. It sounds great, but in reality it’s a cautionary tale about a system that’s not just glitchy, but failing in ways that could cost lives.
The Enhancing First Response Act would recognize dispatchers’ lifesaving role and improve emergency communications infrastructure
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Emergency communications training in Arkansas is about to embark on a revamp, in an effort to make service operations more seamless for 9-1-1 telecommunicators.
Announced on September 10, it is the state’s first ever online basic telecommunication course.
The U.S. must upgrade its 911 emergency systems and enhance and reauthorize its dedicated public safety communications network if states and localities are to be able to respond to increasing threats, a House subcommittee heard this week.
Fort Worth’s newly created Emergency Management & Communications Department is expected to operate on a $20.7 million budget, giving the city’s 911 call-taking team its own department and streamlining the city’s emergency response, officials said.
