KINGSTON, R.I. — Feb. 19, 2020 — The University of Rhode Island community should dial 9-1-1 to report any emergency, on- or off-campus, effective immediately. The former Kingston Campus emergency number (401-874-2121) will remain in service for the foreseeable future as the campus community transitions to calling 9-1-1 exclusively for emergencies…
Thursday, March 12 | 1PM Eastern (live) or On-Demand FREE! Click here to register! Join NENA for the the latest edition of the Women in 9-1-1 (WIN) webinar series! This webinar focuses on women’s health and wellness issues in the PSAP. Join our experts as they share a wealth of information based on real-life experiences that can help you on your path to good health and help you understand the links between health, attitude, and performance… |
| NENA is happy to announce the availability of this year’s Gold Line Telecommunicator Continuing Education Scholarships!
This scholarship opportunity is open to any telecommunicator, call taker, or dispatcher with at least one year of experience and in good standing with his or her current employer. Supervisory and other managerial personnel are not eligible for this award. Each Telecommunicator Continuing Education Scholarship recipient receives… |
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Tuesday, Fitch & Associates LLC presented a five-year study to Peoria City Council. Consultants compiled five years of data from 911 calls along with Fire and Advanced Medical Transport system information.
From their findings, they created recommendations to make the city’s emergency responses more efficient…
February 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was publicly notified by the National Emergency Address Database (NEAD) administrator, NEAD LLC, that the NEAD had been fully decommissioned and would not be made available to the public safety community.
NEAD was originally envisioned in the Roadmap for Improving E911 Location Accuracy…
Alexandria, VA – On February 14, the wireless industry notified the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it has abandoned the National Emergency Address Database (NEAD). The NEAD was established to help 9-1-1 professionals and other emergency responders locate wireless 9-1-1 callers indoors by supporting the delivery of dispatchable location information (meaning the street address plus apartment, office number or other information needed to find a caller). Given that the industry has not announced testing of other methods for delivering dispatchable locations for 9-1-1 calls, this announcement represents a setback for 9-1-1 location accuracy…
