MADISON, Wis – The Wisconsin NextGen9-1-1 GIS Implementation Plan is now available on the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) website.
The newly released Plan was developed as part of a larger NextGen9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) project with OEC and consulting firm, Geo-Comm, Inc. and outlines the tasks necessary at the state and local levels for preparing local Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data for call routing on an NG9-1-1 system… READ MORE
A committee of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners recently gave preliminary approval to a 42-cent per-month surcharge on cell phones for 911 operations, but a scheduled full-board vote on the matter last Thursday was delayed.
The Records and Public Safety Committee on Monday, March 14, approved the assessment in a 9-4 vote. The fee, which amounts to $5 per year, on each cell phone in Macomb County is needed to raise an estimated $3.3 million a year primarily to keep up with advancing technology in the emergency 911 system, officials said…
Mayor Justin Elicker continued filling out City Hall’s top ranks, tapping two new department heads to lead the city’s 911 call center and its programming for elderly residents.
Elicker announced those latest appointments during a Monday afternoon press conference on the ground floor of City Hall.
Summit County dispatch received 16 calls in a short period from the same individual in Canyons Village on Tuesday, March 15.
The caller, a 22-year-old Florida man, made nine calls to 911 and seven others to the non-emergency number but never reported an emergency. During the calls, the man was uncooperative with dispatchers and refused to provide his name or information about where he was staying, according to a report from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office…
Lebanon County commissioners took two major steps on Thursday to upgrade the county’s obsolete public safety radio system.
They unanimously approved the purchase of nearly 2,000 field radios at a cost of $12.95 million for the county’s Department of Emergency Services (DES). The contract includes, in addition to 1,989 radios, batteries, cases, chargers and equipment installation.
In the second action, the commissioners approved an agreement for $667,671 with State College-based MCM Consulting Group Inc. to manage the implementation of the new radio technology…
Come July, Americans experiencing a mental health crisis can press three digits on their phones, “9-8-8,” and reach the suicide prevention hotline.
The vision: The new, easy-to-use number is being billed as the “911” for mental health care. It’s a dramatic revamp of the system that builds on the current crisis line, where Americans can call, text or online chat call centers nationwide and receive counseling. The ultimate goal is to be able to dispatch mobile crisis teams immediately to anyone in need, no matter where they live…READ MORE
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.
