Operations

Key Takeaways from NENA 2024 — Part 3

Previous blogs (part 1 and part 2) shared what was learned by MCP subject-matter experts during the recent ...
August 7, 2024

Key Takeaways from NENA 2024 — Part 2

A previous blog shared some of what was learned by MCP subject-matter experts during the recent National ...
July 29, 2024

While Impactful, 988 Mental Health Hotline Needs to Be Integrated with 911 to Realize Its Full Potential

Several weeks ago, 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, went live.
July 26, 2022

These Are 2022’s Most Important Public Safety Trends

MCP Insights asked the firm’s subject-matter experts to predict what will occur this year concerning ...
February 24, 2022

911 Telecommunicators Need Help and Alternative Responses Are Part of the Solution

Emergency communications centers (ECCs) — also known as public-safety answering points (PSAPs) —handle an ...
November 10, 2021

Decision Regarding NG911 Is An Obstacle That Can Be Overcome

Last week the 911 community received some bad news. The House recommended just $500 million for Next ...
November 4, 2021

9/11 Two Decades Later — Much Done, Much Still to Do

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and ...
September 10, 2021

Data Integration Infographic Brings a Vast Technology Ecosystem Into Perspective

The technology ecosystem that exists in the public-safety/justice community is vast, complex and powerful. ...
July 8, 2021

Operational Change Management Depends Largely on Organizational Culture

by Michele Frankovich and Elizabeth Lenz The ancient philosopher Heraclitus stated that change is the only ...
May 6, 2021

’Once-in-a-Career’ Chance for Federal Funding Exists for Public Safety

The cost of standing up an emergency services Internet Protocol network (ESInet)—which provides the transport ...
April 21, 2021

EMS Technology is Evolving to Ease, and Eventually End, Billing Woes

A previous post touched upon the difficulties that emergency medical service (EMS) agencies experience when ...
April 9, 2021

Planning for the Unthinkable Is Good Thinking

More and more public-safety agencies are beginning to understand the importance of continuity-of-operations ...
March 16, 2021