Schaumburg in Cook County, Illinois, awarded Federal Engineering a contract to provide consulting services to assist in the creation of a public safety real-time Information Center (RIC), which is a collaborative project between Schaumburg’s public-safety and IT departments.

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) released a guidance document on considerations and best practices for monitoring and managing next-generation 9-1-1 services and infrastructure.

NGA 911, a leading provider of next-generation 9-1-1 solutions, announced that former public-safety consultant, Sharon Counterman, joined the company as senior project manager.

The city of Oakland, California, selected Federal Engineering to assist it with an upgrade of its CAD and records management system (RMS).

The FCC plans to release a notice of inquiry for its September meeting seeking comments on the effects of 9-1-1 fee diversion and exploring additional steps the commission or others can take to discourage states from diverting 9-1-1 fees.

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is seeking comment on emergency access to Wi-Fi access points as directed by Congress in Ray Baum’s Act of 2018.

The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services selected DATAMARK, the public-safety geographic information system (GIS) team of Michael Baker International, for a purchasing contract to support next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) GIS data solutions and services for Oklahoma public-safety answering points (PSAPs). The contract began in August 2020 and runs through August 2021.

A new requirement that nationwide wireless providers must deploy Z-axis technology nationwide by April 2025 while giving non-nationwide wireless providers an additional year to do so within their service areas will go into effect Sept. 28.

A new coalition representing diverse public-safety stakeholders and 9-1-1 professionals is urging Congress to pass legislation that enables a nationwide upgrade to Next Generation 9-1-1.

Axon, long known for its stun guns and body-worn cameras, is expanding its business in the 9-1-1 dispatch field with the introduction of its Axon Respond real-time CAD platform.