When Iowa needed a backup communications network for its public safety answering points, or PSAPs, the state turned to FirstNet. Blake DeRouchey shared how Iowa uses FirstNet as a failover so 9-1-1 calls stay connected. DeRouchey is 9-1-1 program manager for the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and represents the National Association of State 911 Administrators on the FirstNet Authority’s Public Safety Advisory Committee.
SACRAMENTO — The first Sunday of 2023 started slow in a dispatch center that serves Sacramento County but quickly picked up as rain, flooding, and winds carried dozens of cars off roadways and trapped drivers in floodwaters along Dillard Road near Highway 99.
Have you ever called the police to report something, only to wait on hold and hang up out of frustration? In Merced County, chances are the person on the other end of the line probably feels the same way.
Fredericksburg Police say with a New Year comes a new 911 in Fredericksburg. Next-generation 911, or NG911, is an upgrade to the traditional 911 system, which only allows people to call for help using a phone.
Those who help others sometimes need help themselves.
As part of the Ohio First Responder Recruitment, Retention and Resilience Program, the department will be allocated $310,000 over a two-year period for annual wellness checkups for police officers and dispatchers, funding for additional mental-health visits as needed and advanced individual-wellness training for employees, according to Myers.
“We are absolutely diverting essential resources away from people who need it toward a feature on a phone.”
During a mid-December weekend the dispatchers at the Summit County 911 Center fielded 71 automated crash notifications from skiers’ iPhones and Apple watches at the county’s four ski areas. None of them involved an emergency.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
