SHERIDAN — A bill before the Legislature would begin processes to upgrade Wyoming’s 911 system. The bill prepares the state to transition to Next Generation 911 technology, improving the ability of public safety answering points — or 911 dispatch centers — to locate and track callers in an emergency.
Modern consumers have grown accustomed to corporations gathering and using location data. Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft can find riders at specific street corners. The Domino’s pizza tracker informs hungry customers as their pizza approaches. Walmart’s curbside pickup feature tracks drivers to ensure speedy transport of items to a customer’s waiting vehicle…
NASHVILLE, Ind. – Congratulations are in order for a Telecommunicator, identified only as “Dana,” from the Brown County 911 Dispatch Center. She was recognized on Thursday by the Indiana Statewide 9-1-1 Board.
Dana recently received a 9-1-1 call about an unresponsive female, with no pulse and agonal breathing. She immediately provided CPR instructions to two people who were there with the patient. The pair continued with CPR until first responders arrived and determined the cause to be an overdose and administered Narcan… READ MORE
Fred Scalera, AT&T’s director of government program management for FirstNet, highlights the permanent infrastructure and deployable assets that AT&T has put in place to support both first-responder and audience communications during this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles. During its two-year preparation for the event, AT&T has invested $2.7 billion to improve coverage and capacity in the area, including additional support for FirstNet and 5G services…
The city of Denver doesn’t have enough people to answer 911 calls. Dispatchers are leaving, in part, because of nasty callers.
DENVER — The city of Denver doesn’t have enough people to answer 911 calls.
The reasons for dispatchers leaving are layered, but the list includes callers becoming increasingly nasty on the phone.
Aimee Lurie has worked as an emergency communications technician in Denver for five years. At the beginning of the COVID pandemic when people were told to stay home, she said people started calling 911 about their neighbors who were out socially distanced chatting or letting their kids play out in the streets…
Feb. 12—CORRIGANVILLE, Md. — Beginning Sunday morning, ambulance service in the Corriganville area will be provided solely by the Allegany Department of Emergency Services.
The membership of the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Department has voted to no longer offer the service, and has entered into an agreement with the county to provide it. An ambulance and two EMT/paramedics will be based at the station.
“We simply just cannot recruit, train and maintain the volunteer clinicians to provide the level of service to our community that we have committed to do,” read a Friday Facebook post by the department membership…
Edward Parkinson this year is celebrating a full decade of work on what is today FirstNet. Roughly ten years ago he was a staffer for former Rep. Peter King of New York, working on the legislation that would eventually create FirstNet. He then joined the nascent agency in 2013 as its chief of government affairs – FirstNet’s third employee.
After serving as an acting CEO in 2018, Parkinson was named the organization’s permanent chief executive in May 2019.
“I’ve been very fortunate to have seen this program evolve from an idea to its passage, to the law,” he said…
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.
