MCP Insights

Social Media and Emergency Management: A Powerful Combination

A network television show that debuted recently is centered on a crowd-sourcing platform that is used to ...
December 1, 2017

Data and How It Will Change the Public Safety Communications Landscape [WEBINAR]

Ready or not, data is taking over the world. So what does that mean for emergency communications? The way in ...
November 17, 2017

In-Building Public Safety Radio Coverage: Tips for Overcoming Limitations and Issues

When it comes to emergency response, having reliable public safety radio coverage is imperative to keeping ...
November 9, 2017

PEMA Builds New High-Tech EOC Under Budget with MCP’s Help

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), a statewide agency tasked with coordinating prevention, ...
November 3, 2017

When It Comes To FirstNet and NG911 Convergence is the Key To Success

“Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.” – Steve Jobs Our nation’s 911 ...
October 25, 2017

Public safety needs visibility into the NPSBN’s design

For a while now, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) has been describing the nationwide public ...
September 27, 2017

Embracing the Power of NG911 Content for Improving Emergency Response [Webinar]

Next Generation 911 (NG911) and the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) promise to be powerful ...
September 26, 2017

Life at MCP: Meet Nick Falgiatore

Nick Falgiatore is a senior technology specialist at Mission Critical Partners (MCP) who brings a decade of ...
September 21, 2017

'A' Player Traits and How to Spot Them Using a Prescreen Interview

A previous post presented, on a high-level, the approach we take to finding the A players for our public ...
September 19, 2017

Build a Smart PSAP Cyber Security Strategy: 8 Critical "Must-Haves"

The emergency communications industry is a growing target for cyber security attacks and the threat is only ...
September 5, 2017

Statewide Implementations Are Best For Text-to-911

Imagine being on the freeway and encountering a horrific accident, one that almost certainly has resulted in ...
August 21, 2017

PSAP Cyber Security Threats and How to Prepare Your Agency [Webinar]

In 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an alert indicating that government facilities ...
August 16, 2017