NextNav partnered with Vizsafe to add vertical location services to its Geoaware platform.

AT&T launched nationwide location-based routing, which will allow it to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers nationwide.

GeoComm, a public-safety location intelligence platform provider, announced a new partnership with NextNav, a provider of z-axis vertical positioning, to enhance floor-aware indoor mapping for E9-1-1.

During its quarterly meeting May 4, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) approved reinvestment into the FirstNet network that will help improve indoor coverage for first responders.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new prize competition series to advance the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by first responders for indoor search and rescue (SAR) operations.

The various codes and guidelines for ERRCS came as a direct result of the tragedy of September 11. The complexity of the building systems and type of construction affected first responder communication efforts. Firefighters and police could not communicate with each other or dispatch, directly resulting in loss of life.

The deployment and installation process for an emergency responder radio communications systems (ERRCS) in a luxury apartment in San Francisco highlights some of the challenges and obstacles with in-building communications.

The Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) announced the winners and honorable mentions of its inaugural Safe Inside Annual Members Awards.

The Safer Buildings Coalition’s (SBC) two main initiatives right now are aimed at raising the competency of installed in-building systems and eliminating harmful interference from those systems.

For many of us when it comes to receiving information or news about a particular issue, it’s common to hear someone say something related to the phrase first used by King James I of England in 1616 when he said, “No news is better than evil news,” or as later modified “No news is good news.”