by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
28 June 2021 marked the official end of the Solution Prototype Phase (Phase 2) of the BroadWay PCP, with the notification of end of phase 2 results to the three competing consortia – Airbus DS, Frequentis AG and Leonardo S.p.A. Throughout Phase 2, the consortia were tasked with developing, installing, technically testing and practitioner evaluation of their prototypes. The consortia were subject to regular monitoring during Phase 2, which culminated in technical testing and evaluation of their solutions in April, and submission of end of phase reports shortly afterwards.
After evaluation of the end of phase deliverables, the Group of Procurers awarded a successful status to all three consortia, meaning that they were subsequently invited to participate in the call-off competition for entry into the Pilot Phase (Phase 3), which launched on 30 June 2021. The consortia have until Monday 2 August 2021 to submit individual offers in which they address an updated set of objectives set by the Group of Procurers for the development of live pilot systems within the scope of Phase 3…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
VICTORIA — British Columbia is overhauling the ambulance service to reduce wait times for the most serious 911 calls after complaints about long delays during medical emergencies, the health minister says.
Adrian Dix said Wednesday that calls increased dramatically during a recent record-breaking heat wave, but paramedics were already under pressure from the overdose crisis.
Stronger leadership at BC Emergency Health Services will include the appointment of former Vancouver police chief Jim Chu as chair of a board focused on the ambulance service and Leanne Heppell as the new chief ambulance officer…
by ECC Editor | Jul 15, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
North America’s leading 9-1-1 standards-development body today approved a landmark new version of its Next Generation 9-1-1 standard, a move that will accelerate the transition to smarter, faster, and more resilient emergency response. Version 3 of the National Emergency Number Association’s (NENA) i3 Standard for Next Generation 9-1-1 includes key updates to NG911 infrastructure, paving the way for interoperability on a national and international scale.
“This is a landmark moment in the evolution of NG911,” said Gary Bell, ENP, President of NENA. “The public-safety community and the tech industry now have the most up-to-date, comprehensive, consensus-driven, open standard for NG911. This will no doubt hasten and strengthen our push to see NG911 systems, services, and products deployed coast to coast.” … READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
This commentary is by Stephen Whitaker of Montpelier, an author who has worked for 30 years on integrating planning, government transparency and accountability, public records access and more recently utility networks resiliency.
Vermont finally has a newly adopted 10-year telecommunications plan, the first since 2004, noncompliant with statute on nearly every count, and based on the erroneous assumptions that most business users and public safety communications needs are in “pretty good shape.”
We can all thank Gov. Scott, Matt Dunne/RISI, CTC Technology and Engineering and the corrupt, incompetent Public Service Department for our broadband quagmire and derailed public safety communications resilience trajectory…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) – A Saginaw murder may put the spotlight on the need for more police officers in the city.
23-year-old Nala Wallace was found shot to death on a porch on the southwest part of the city in the early morning hours of July 5th.
That wasn’t the only shooting in the city that morning.
The 9-1-1 audio we have listened to indicates there were at least two other shootings with injuries in the city at that time. Still, the one they couldn’t get to in a timely fashion was the only one that turned deadly…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
Skagit 911 is seeking approval from its governing board to put a 0.1% sales tax increase on the November ballot.
That amounts to a $1 increase on a $1,000 purchase and would generate roughly $3.85 million annually and give the county’s emergency dispatch center a permanent funding mechanism to maintain and improve its infrastructure.
Skagit 911’s board will meet again in about two weeks to decide whether to ask voters for the increase. The deadline to put such a measure on the general election ballot is in mid-August…
