Public safety answering points (PSAPs) in California can get real-time crash notifications through an agreement between a cloud-based emergency response platform and General Motors’ OnStar emergency system.
Announced at the end of March, the collaboration between OnStar and RapidDeploy gives 911 call takers in the state immediate data about accidents that they can use to improve response – for instance, dispatching several ambulances to a multi-vehicle pileup.
After three years of existence, the non-profit Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) will cease operations within 45 days as officials say they believe that the organization achieved its primary goal to promote public safety’s use of open-standard technologies
“PSTA achieved its mission,” PSTA board member Jeff Johnson said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications…
The City of Batavia this week honored a longtime police officer who recently retired and recognized the contributions of Genesee County Emergency Dispatch Center personnel.
City Council President Eugene Jankowski and Council member Jeremy Karas, at Monday night’s Business Meeting, read proclamations honoring Police Officer Jason Davis and designating the week of April 11-17 as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, respectively…
You won’t find them at the scene of an emergency, but there is a group of unseen first responders who play a crucial, lifesaving role in the public safety system — 911 dispatchers.
“These men and women come to work on nights, weekends and holidays,” said Whitney Wisner, deputy director of the Allegan County Central Dispatch. “They miss first birthdays and first steps, they often have to adjust holidays or miss them altogether, and they do it by choice, to care for our community…
They are often heard, but seldom seen. Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen said they are “the lifeline heroes of every emergency.”
They are 911 dispatchers.
Morrison County joined in the celebration of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week from April 11 – 17 to honor these often unsung heroes. Emergency dispatchers are often the true first responders when any emergency or crime has taken place…
LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) – They sit behind multiple computer screens their entire shift, but they could save your life. They are the operators of 911 dispatch. And although National Public Safety Telecommunications Week is under way, their jobs have not become any less stressful…
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.
