Trumbull County (Ohio) 9-1-1 deployed PowerPhone’s public-safety call-handling solution that incorporates emergency call-handling protocols into all calls for service.

RapidSOS partnered with Google to deliver 9-1-1 caller location information to public-safety agencies nationwide.

The Shelby County (Tennessee) Emergency Communications District implemented Nearmap high-resolution aerial imagery to geocode and plot new addresses and developments into the 9-1-1 mapping systems.

Two public-safety answering points (PSAPs) in North Carolina Sept. 16 have their 9-1-1 calls rerouted to another PSAP with location information following Hurricane Florence. Onslow County Communications and Pamlico County Communications were the two PSAPs according to the FCC’s Sept. 16 report based on data from its Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).

Polaris Wireless executives met with FCC officials to discuss a CTIA report and cover letter that the company said “obscure Polaris Wireless’ success in achieving highly accurate Z-axis fixes.”

The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Public Safety and Homeland Security bureaus will host a webinar Sept. 27 on disaster preparedness for local and state officials.

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is seeking comment on the vertical accuracy (Z-axis) test bed report submitted by CTIA and a proposal for a Z-axis accuracy metric submitted with the report.

Two groups filed conflicting comments in the FCC’s request for input on whether to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to revise its rules for wireless priority service (WPS).

CTIA announced that nationwide wireless providers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are adding new location-based tools to existing wireless 9-1-1 location technologies this year.

International Critical Control Rooms Alliance (ICCRA) announced it will to become an independent organization. ICCRA is the former Control Rooms Working Group of TCCA.