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February 26, 2021 | Comments
Legislation that would improve communication between mobile carriers experiencing network outages and 9-1-1 centers was reintroduced in both chambers of Congress.
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February 23, 2021 | Comments
The Florida Department of Education (DOE) selected Motorola Solutions as a preferred provider for the deployment of a statewide mobile panic alert system for Florida’s K-12 schools.
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February 22, 2021 | Comments
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) awarded Zetron a $4 million contract for Zetron’s ACOM command and control system to be used as the radio communications platform for district command centers and incident control centers across the state of Victoria, Australia. The CFA is a volunteer fire service with more than 1,200 brigades organized among 21 districts across Victoria.
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February 18, 2021 | Comments
As of February 17, the strong winter storm affecting Texas and Oklahoma had led to 147 total outages for communications networks, according to information from the FCC.
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February 18, 2021 | Comments
The FCC is seeking nominations for the Ending 9-1-1 Fee Diversion Now Strike Force. Nominations are due March 12.
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February 17, 2021 | Comments
RapidSOS partnered with Hexagon's Safety & Infrastructure division, a provider of CAD software and public-safety solutions, to give emergency communications centers across the U.K. access to life-saving data.
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February 17, 2021 | Comments
The National 911 Program and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) released a summary of 2020 key enacted legislation.
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February 17, 2021 | Comments
The FCC proposed rules to address 9-1-1 fee diversion, the practice by some states and jurisdictions of using the 9-1-1 fees that consumers pay on their phone bills for non-9-1-1 purposes.
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February 02, 2021 | Comments
Mission-critical communications are called that for a good reason, which is that they cannot fail regardless of the circumstances. But, fail they do, for all sorts of reasons. A good continuity of operations plan is key to ensuring the failure doesn’t impact the ability to complete your mission.
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February 02, 2021 | Comments
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) jointly announced that the Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute will spearhead a $268,000 project to develop interoperability standards for CAD systems used by the nation’s public-safety agencies.
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Webinar: FirstNet — Apps Help Agencies Meet the Changing Demands as Incidents Unfold
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3279491754727767567
Webinar: FirstNet — Apps Help Agencies Meet the Changing Demands as Incidents Unfold
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3279491754727767567
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Webinar: Data Security for a Remote Work Environment in 2021 and Beyond
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6286499926156259341
Webinar: Data Security for a Remote Work Environment in 2021 and Beyond
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6286499926156259341