A pair of Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International standards received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board passed a resolution updating the board’s bylaws and its Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) charter during its May 5 meeting. The PSAC charter update adds text preventing representatives from any taxing jurisdiction or state that is currently diverting 9-1-1 fees from participating in the PSAC.

HigherGround announced its Live911 technology has reduced response times and saved five lives since initial deployments at police departments and sheriff’s offices across the U.S. in the past five months.

The state of Minnesota Emergency Communication Networks (ECN), a division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS), awarded Federal Engineering a contract to provide consulting and support services for sustaining migration to an “end state” next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) platform for the state.

Wood County, Wisconsin, selected Datamark, the public-safety geographic information system (GIS) team of Michael Baker International, to provide DATAMARK Address Comparison and Evaluation (ACE) services.

Comtech Solacom Technologies received a next-generation 9-1-1 services (NG 9-1-1) contract to provide its Guardian call management solution to the Toronto Paramedic Services, the largest municipal paramedic service in Canada.

RapidDeploy, a provider of a cloud-based CAD and analytics platform, announced the completion of a $29 million Series B funding round led by Morpheus Ventures with participation from GreatPoint Ventures, Ericsson Ventures, Samsung Next Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Clearvision Ventures, Tau Ventures, and others.

The co-chairs of the Congressional Fire Services and Law Enforcement Caucuses sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy supporting the Next-Generation 9-1-1 Act of 2021.

Axon and RapidSOS partnered to provide emergency first responders and 9-1-1 telecommunicators access to critical emergency incident information from Axon devices being used by law enforcement officers.

The FCC approved a third notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on ways to improve 9-1-1 reliability.