This past weekend marked the annual Field Day Exercise, for which amateur radio operators — commonly known as ham operators — set up temporary stations in public locations to showcase the science and skill of amateur radio. The event has been taking place every year...

BISMARCK, N.D. - "Janet, on behalf of myself and the North Dakota Highway Patrol we'd like to thank you for over 30 years of service to public safety. We thank you for always having our backs, we wish you good luck in your retirement and we wish you the best," said a...

A mother in Fredricksburg, Virginia called 911 after a protestor jumped on her car. The dispatcher told her there was nothing to be done. [VIDEO with audio of call in full article]

At the southern end of Hamilton County, a radio dead zone has plagued emergency workers for years. Law enforcement cannot check license plates. Ambulance corps members cannot call a hospital. After years of looking for ways to bolster communications in the area, a...

A conflict is brewing between the Oneida County Department of Emergency Services and a handful of local fire chiefs who do not want to give up their 3-digit identification numbers. The county 9-1-1 Center is planning to switch from number identifications to plain...

If you need to call 911 and need to start texting a dispatcher during the call, the Lyon County Emergency Communications Center now has technology to make that process even easier than before -- especially in situations when language is a concern. Director Roxanne Van...

According to the Guilford Police Department, the couple was crabbing when the husband fell into the water and was trapped in the entrance of the sluice pipe that runs under the roadway. The woman was holding onto her husband, fearing if she let go, he would get sucked...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Friday was a great day at Brevard County Fire Rescue as Chief Mark Schollmeyer promoted 6 to the rank of Lieutenant and 1 to Communications Supervisor. Although the ceremonies were short, it did not take away from the significance of their...

The Franklin County Emergency Communications Center is recognized as one of a few centers to receive prominent distinction in 911 Emergency Communication Services. The communication center is the 279th emergency dispatch center in the world to attain International...

Delays in Hays County’s jail renovation and communications center are being blamed on COVID-19 and designer errors.The expansion and renovation of Hays County Jail and construction of a co-located emergency communications center was approved by voters in 2016.The...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - "Call if you can -- text if you can’t” is the slogan for Santa Barbara County's newest emergency service: Text-to-911. The program allows community members who are hearing and speech-impaired, or anyone who is in a situation where...

The Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center recently recognized employee promotions after a ceremony honoring them was postponed because of COVID-19. “Our success in Emergency Communications is only made possible by our dedicated and trained team of men and women...

Rowan County announced the appointment of Allen Cress as Interim Emergency Services Chief following the departure of Chris Soliz. Rowan officials express well wishes to Chief Soliz in his future employment endeavors. A 26 year employee of Rowan County, Chief Cress has...

A 911 communications center supervisor for the city of New Haven has died after a crash on Thursday. New haven Police said Chris Helland, 45, of Fair Haven, was pronounced dead at Yale New Haven Hospital.  They believe he suffered a medical condition before the...

March 9, Jean Murray came to Cordova to spend four weeks with her daughter. Three months later, that four-week visit is still going on, as Cordova has become a refuge from the coronavirus outbreaks and civil unrest that have manifested in parts of the Lower 48. For...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Democrats are in Washington Thursday readying a vote on what they describe as “sweeping” policing reform legislation. But this comes after the Senate Republicans failed to pass a bill of their own, throwing a wrench into congressional policing...

The Owensboro-Daviess County Central Dispatch upgraded its Smart911 system earlier this week as part of a regular maintenance procedure.  Paul Nave, 911 dispatch director, said the main added feature is a new map version that allows dispatchers to locate people...

A steady rumble filled a meeting room in the Frederick County Public Safety Training Facility as 911 call center employee Kim Woolcock tried out a new cleaning device delivered to the facility Tuesday morning. The applicator portion of the device resembled a handheld...

How much latitude do “protesters” deserve as we begin month two of the radical Left’s attempt to transform America by force? You’d think by now they would have worked some of the rage out of their systems, but no dice. The Left knows a good thing when they see it. And...

Volunteer for the 3D GIS Working Group
17 hours ago   (0 Comments)Posted by: Chris NussmanThe NENA 3D GIS working group will produce a document that will define requirements and guidelines for handling of expression of caller location in three dimensions (X/Y/Z coordinates), including confidence and uncertainty. These guidelines will include methods to convert a height above ellipsoid (HAE) value to height about ground level (AGL) or floor level, so that the information is more meaningful in the field, as well as guidelines to construct GIS datasets that can handle three dimensional location data, such as road or building geometry.
This work is intended to support updating 9-1-1 systems in concert with recent so-called “Z-Axis” regulatory developments that will call for all wireless carriers in the US to provide altitude in addition to X and Y coordinates when delivering 9-1-1 calls by April 2021 (NENA notes that the FCC published its most recent draft order on this topic today).
The following expertise is needed to meet the challenges of completing this effort in a timely manner: PSAP operations (e.g. calltakers), GIS professionals, supplemental location providers, and operations vendors (e.g., call handling equipment vendors).
All interested parties are invited to sign up here.