Peter Matthews talks with chief and Western Fire Chiefs Association Technology Advisor Kim Zagaris and Paul Rigatti, engineer, Nextivity about Cel-Fi GO RED’s signal booster to improve connectivity. Cel-Fi GO RED, powered by Nextivity, is designed to increase connectivity for firefighters and other first responders while they operate in the field. The easy-to-deploy technology can be utilized to improve connectivity in buildings. Chief Zagaris shares how Cel-Fi GO RED is being utilized with FirstNet and provides a critical updates on the public safety communications network…
NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division has awarded $8 million to the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab at Indiana University’s (IU) Pervasive Technology Institute to implement a prize competition aimed at developing indoor localization technologies that support first responders in a variety of mission types. The multi-phase challenge serves to build a community of experts in localization and public safety who can examine the potential myriad of solutions to this pressing issue. IU expects to officially launch the open competition in fall 2021…
We recently spoke with Bruce about how technology has changed incident management and how FirstNet will support the continued advancement of tools and resources for public safety.
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Bruce Fitzgerald joined the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) after more than 15 years in public safety and crisis management. He began his career at the Maine Emergency Management Agency where he served in several roles including homeland security grant coordinator and the State Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director…
Orange County’s Emergency Communications Center is preparing to add powerful new features to its 911 services in the form of NextGen 911. The system allows dispatchers to receive texts, images, videos and other vital information from callers during an emergency situation.
According to center director Chris Cord, NextGen 911 will enhance the current Smart911 program…
Two pedestrians, the officer and two others were hurt after patrol car and another vehicle collided while officer was responding to the false call.Something went wrong.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man has admitted making a false 9-1-1 call that led to five people being hurt, including a police officer.
William Gray, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of falsely reporting an incident.
Shortly after noon on April 15 2020, a call came in of a person with a knife on Wyoming Avenue. A Buffalo Police officer, responding with lights and sirens collided with another vehicle while responding to the call on Main Street near Benwood Avenue resulting in injuries to two pedestrians… READ MORE
San Antonio 9-1-1 dispatchers are using 9-1-1 video calls to help cut down on unnecessary ambulance runs.
According to WOAI-TV, the new system works like this: Callers who don’t appear to be in a life-threatening situation are transferred to a special clinical dispatcher. That dispatcher then sends the patient a link for a smart phone app called Good Sam, and both sides are able to talk via a video connection.
Along with the allowing the dispatcher to observe the patient’s appearance and condition, the app also provides vital medical information.
“It’s able to check your respiration, your O2 saturation and your pulse, so that gives us a small view of what we’re looking at with you,” San Antonio paramedic and clinical dispatcher Art Salazar told WOAI… 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.
