The NG9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission (NIOC), the independent oversight body for standards-driven interoperability programs for NG9-1-1, is proud to announce approval and signature of a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with DigiCert for the US PSAP Credentialing Agency (PCA) on July 17, 2020 (In Canada, the CRTC mandated that NG9-1-1 network providers are to provide PCAs)…
Flathead County voters will have another chance this fall to decide whether or not to support a ballot measure that will tax property owners to support capital improvements for the Flathead Emergency Communications Center.
The county commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution calling for the creation of a special district for the funding of the 911 consolidated dispatch center. The proposal will be placed on the Nov. 3 general election ballot… READ MORE
Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) advocates in Ottawa are calling for better training for police officers receiving 9-1-1 calls and fines for a local woman who called the emergency line on a young Black man who was just riding his bike over a park bridge.
The incident happened July 6, and the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) has since apologized for the behaviour of its officer who handled the call inappropriately — immediately siding with the woman caller without fully understanding the situation… READ MORE
MILAN, Illinois — Outdoor warning sirens give us an early warning when severe weather is approaching. While the siren itself hasn’t changed in terms of its looks, the technology that drives it has.
Weather can change an instant. Rock Island County is now showing off its new outdoor siren system, one of the most advanced in the Quad Cities… READ MORE
With tourists and locals alike making the most of summer weekends – dispatchers in northern Michigan are especially busy. But this past weekend – Grand Traverse County 911 says it eclipsed even a holiday weekend.
Central Dispatch says typically the 4th of July is the busiest weekend of the year. But between the severe weather and flash floods… traffic crashes and water rescues… and even the AMBER Alert, this past weekend was their busiest. Dispatchers answered over 1,800 calls over the three day period. That tops the 4th of July numbers, and last Sunday more than doubled the call volume over the second Sunday in July… READ MORE
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NENA seeks volunteers for a new working group to write a NENA Information Document that will provide guidance and recommended best practices to the PSAPs for the use of supplemental location and caller information as identified in the Recommended Best Practices for Supplemental 9-1-1 Location Data document created by NENA staff, NASNA and iCERT. In addition to supplemental location data, this document will include emergency contact information, medical data, telematics information, and other data types available from IoT devices… |
