Everbridge announced it is part of the team of providers that was awarded a five-year contract with the state of California to upgrade the state’s outdated 9-1-1 system to a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) platform. The win represents the largest state contract in Everbridge’s history.

Datamark announced it has secured a series of significant next generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) projects across the state of Maryland, including six of the state’s 24 counties.

Mission Critical Partners (MCP) was awarded a contract to provide communications network and system management and monitoring services to the public-safety agencies served by the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (LRGVDC) in Texas.

The N.C. Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) opened the Network Monitoring and Assistance Center (NMAC), which will help support an uninterrupted flow of communications for emergency call centers that have adopted next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) technology.

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) urged the FCC to move forward with 9-1-1 indoor location requirements of ±3 meters for the Z axis.

Ride sharing company Lyft announced a way for drivers and riders to reach 9-1-1 from its app. Emergency assistance from the app — available to all users — prominently displays their current location and vehicle information, including the license plate.

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly took Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to task for his state’s diversion of 9-1-1 fees in 2018 to allegedly pay college professors.

Wireless carriers continue to lobby the FCC through the CTIA trade association on indoor location accuracy requirements, pushing for phased-in ±3-meter Z-axis accuracy requirements and pointing out challenges with the National Emergency Address Database (NEAD), which would provide dispatchable locations to 9-1-1 centers.

Juniata County Communications in Pennsylvania adopted the PowerPhone technology to meet a state mandate.

The FCC reported that one public-safety answering point (PSAP), Dorchester Dispatch Center in South Carolina, was down Sept. 6 with calls rerouted to the Summerville, South Carolina, PSAP following Hurricane Dorian. By Sept 7, no outages affecting PSAPs in the disaster area were reported.