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Vaccinating 911 Telecommunicators Is a National Imperative

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of life for most Americans and our nation’s emergency ...
January 29, 2021

The Seven Best Cybersecurity Resolutions for the New Year

Cybersecurity continues to be a persistent problem for government agencies, including those operating in the ...
January 22, 2021

2020—Year in Review

The year 2020 was fraught with challenges, most notably those generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Public ...
December 23, 2020

Succession Planning Is a Must for Every Emergency Communications Center

The term “baby boomer” applies to anyone born between 1946 and 1964. There have been a lot of us—according to ...
November 11, 2020

Public Safety Needs a Better Way to Triage Emergency Calls

At MCP, our mission is to help clients improve emergency response outcomes. Depending on the client and its ...
October 22, 2020

Missed Opportunities: Improving EMS Billing

As we have previously discussed, emergency medical services (EMS) agencies are undergoing a seismic shift in ...
October 16, 2020

What Is Leadership?

Leadership has been defined by many people in many ways. A definition that I like goes like this: leadership ...
October 7, 2020

The Changing Operational Landscape of Emergency Medical Services

To the average person, emergency medical services (EMS) always have looked the same, operating in the same ...
September 4, 2020

NG911 Strategic Plans Only Are Effective If They Can Be Operationalized Effectively

Many organizations have short- and long-term strategic plans. Successful organizations have strategic plans ...
August 27, 2020

Panel Discussion Offers Myriad Tips for Battling Public Safety’s Ever-Growing Cybersecurity Menace

The cybersecurity problem that public safety agencies have is very big and it’s not going away—if anything, ...
July 15, 2020

Call-Handling and Dispatch Technology Considerations for ECCs

First responders historically have arrived at an emergency scene armed with only the information that ...
July 10, 2020

Whitepaper Cautions Against Using TIGER Data for GIS Data Development

Geographic information system (GIS) data is a foundational component in the migration to, and continuing ...
May 21, 2020