I recently was asked by one of our clients, the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS), to speak on its behalf at 5 x 5: The Public Safety Innovations Summit, a three-day conferencepresented by the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST).
As usual, MCP subject-matter experts blanketed last week’s National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference and trade show. The following represents some of what they learned.
In a previous post, we shared key observations of MCP subject-matter experts who recently attended the International Wireless Communications Expositions (IWCE). Here are a few more.
In a recent blog, my colleague Phil Rizzo made a strong case for 911 center diversity and suggested several ways to achieve it. His thoughts are based on the truism that network and system outages,
How many botched light-pole installations does it take to cause 911 service interruptions across multiple states? This sounds like the beginning of a joke,
As a former 911 telecommunicator, this week, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, always has been special to me. Though I recently transitioned from a role inside an emergency communications center (ECC), 911 services always will hold a big place in my heart. Since 911 service in the United States first was instituted in 1968, telecommunicators generally have labored behind the curtain and this week provides them with well-deserved visibility, which also is much needed.
MCP was out in force again yesterday at this year’s National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference. Here’s a snippet of what we learned:
MCP was out in force yesterday at this year’s National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Conference 2023. Here’s a snippet of what we learned:
Last week I attended the IJIS Institute’s first community forum in Austin, Texas, with several MCP senior-level colleagues, including Joe Wheeler, who chairs the IJIS Institute’s board of directors.
In a few days, I will have the distinct, yet bittersweet, honor to accept the National Emergency Number Association’s Presidential Award on behalf of Marc Berryman, my friend and colleague who died a year ago after a short battle with cancer. This will occur during NENA’s 2023 national conference in Grapevine, Texas, on June 18.
Every organization should have a cybersecurity program to prevent — ideally — and mitigate cyberattacks. This is especially true of public safety and justice organizations that increasingly find themselves in the crosshairs of cyberattackers.
National Telecommunicators Week is being celebrated nationwide this week. And rightly so. Telecommunicators represent the hub of the emergency-response wheel — and this has been the case for a very long time.
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