Iron County awarded $30000 for emergency communications (MO)

he Trump Administration, along with Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Missouri Jeff Case, announced Friday that the USDA is investing $31,390 to improve emergency communications in Iron County.

“Modern emergency communications infrastructure is vital to the safety of rural Missourians and essential for first responders to adequately serve rural communities, businesses, and residents,” said Case… 

Rave Panic Button Adopted by NM to Improve School Safety Statewide (NM)

Rave Mobile Safety, a Multiple Award Winner in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, nominated in three categories in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards, has been selected by the state of New Mexico to deploy its Rave Panic Button in all K-12 schools across the state, New Mexico is the lastest state to join Oklahoma, Delaware and Louisiana in statewide deployments… READ MORE

Public-private partnership awarded $1M to create public safety innovation platform (NY)

NEW YORK — Four organizations in a public-private partnership have been awarded a $1 million government grant to develop a platform for connecting public safety departments with creators of innovative tools and technology. 

Responder Corp, RapidSOS, the Orleans Parish Communication District and the Western Fire Chiefs Association received the Accelerate R2 Network Challenge grant funded by the Economic Development Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the FirstNet Authority, according to an announcement made Wednesday… 

Dispatcher 911 (Part Time) (NJ)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Dispatcher for the Division of Institutional Planning and Operations – Police Department.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

  • Monitors, receives, and coordinates all communications with university /campus police headquarters and the field, including emergency 9-1-1 calls.
  • Handles both in-person and telephone inquiries from the public.
  • Refers calls or dispatches assistance as appropriate.
  • Provides medical pre-arrival instructions for calls received via 9-1-1…

Public Safety Advocate: High-Power User Equipment, Senator Fails Public-Safety Community

Public Safety Advocate: High-Power User Equipment, Senator Fails Public-Safety Community

When the law to create FirstNet was passed, 20 MHz of 700-MHz spectrum including 10 MHz previously known as the D-Block public-safety spectrum had been licensed to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST). Two adjacent segments of spectrum were combined to provide 20 MHz dedicated to what is now the National Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) and/or Band 14. This 20 MHz of spectrum is divided into two segments with 10 MHz used for cell site-to-device transmissions and 10 MHz for devices to talk to the cell sites…

9-1-1 Industry Veteran, Dave Hopkins, Joins NGA 911

NGA 911, LLC, a leading-edge Next Generation 9-1-1 solutions provider, today announced that Dave Hopkins joined the company as an Account Executive.

Mr. Hopkins is the former 9-1-1 Director of Steuben County, New York, where he served 16 years in the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), 13 years at Rochester Telephone, 19 years and counting as an active firefighter, and 25 years in EMS… READ MORE