GeoComm is excited to announce it entered into a geographic information system (GIS) data maintenance agreement with the Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP). The WHP relies on accurate and up-to-date GIS data for its CAD system, which is used to route resources to the location of emergency calls across the state.

NextNav announced that its Pinnacle service for vertical positioning is now available in fifty major US markets. With rollouts continuing across the country, NextNav said it is on track to exceed FCC coverage requirements for vertical location by the end of March 2021.

The NG 9-1-1 Interoperability Oversight Commission (NIOC) released a request for proposals (RFP) for the forest guide. The forest guide is a core functional element in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) standards to allow for transfer of calls between disparate emergency services IP networks (ESInets).

Comtech Telecommunications received a statewide contract valued up to $175.1 million to design, deploy and operate next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) services for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Welcome to November 2020. The election is finally behind us, COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the United States, and the number of wildfires, major storms, and hurricanes continue to make our first responders’ work even more essential. When FirstNet was created in February of 2012, it was a result of the public-safety community having banded together across disciplines. The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) sought and received support from a variety of organizations including governors, mayors and most LMR venders.

AT&T and RapidDeploy expanded their strategic partnership to bring RapidDeploy’s suite of cloud-native Unified Critical Response solutions to existing and prospective customers.

Arkansas selected GeoComm to complete a statewide geographic information system (GIS) data gap analysis project aimed at empowering the state for a future next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) implementation.

Public-safety organizations told the FCC that any efforts to prevent diversion of 9-1-1 fees should not harm 9-1-1 organizations and should target the legislatures and entities responsible for diverting the fees.

A group of seven public-safety organizations filed a joint response in opposition to CTIA’s request for reconsideration of the FCC’s sixth report and order (R&O) on E9-1-1 location accuracy requirements.

An initiative to interconnect three Pennsylvania regions via a fiber-optic communications network to improve emergency response was completed at the end of October. The project was supported by Mission Critical Partners (MCP).