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Mission Critical Partners to Support the State of New Jersey in Preparation for the Deployment of FirstNet

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (November 27, 2018)—Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading public safety consulting and lifecycle management services firm, today announced that they will partner with the state of New Jersey and its Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP), through the Interoperable Communications Bureau (ICB), to support their efforts with deployment of the nationwide public safety broadband network being developed by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).

Topics: Public Safety Technology, Public Safety, IT and Network Support, Wireless Communications

Mission Critical Partners Announces Acquisition of Athena Advanced Networks, Enhancing IT Services Offering

STATE COLLEGE, PA (November 8, 2018) — Today, Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading public safety consulting and lifecycle management services firm, announced the completion of its acquisition of Athena Advanced Networks (Athena).

Topics: Next Generation 911 Networks, Technology, Public Safety, Company News

Pilot Project Tests Prototype Social Media Tool to Improve Emergency Response Outcomes

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (October 26, 2018)—Charleston County Consolidated 911 Center, Mission Critical Partners (MCP), RapidSOS and RapidDeploy today announced the results from a pilot project completed in September that tested the use of social media data in emergency response.

Topics: Industry News, Social Media, Emergency Response Ecosystem, 911 and Emergency Communications Centers

Mission Critical Partners Announces October Webinar On Public Safety Vendor Management

STATE COLLEGE, PA. (October 22, 2018) — Today Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety systems and operations field, announced an October webinar designed to help mission-critical agencies learn how to improve vendor performance.

Topics: Public Safety, Vendor Management, On-Demand Webinars

Mission Critical Partners Achieves Company Milestone with Hiring of 100th Employee

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (September 28, 2018)—Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading public safety consulting and lifecycle services management firm, today announced the hiring of Jim Davis, who has the distinction of being the firm’s 100^th staff member. As the demand to modernize the nation’s aging public safety communications infrastructure to better meet the needs of today’s citizens continues to rise, MCP continues to grow at a fast pace. In 2018, MCP’s team of professionals has grown 24 percent, and sits currently at 107 staff members.

Topics: Company News

Mission Critical Partners to Provide Consolidation Support for Montana State University and Gallatin County 911

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (September 14, 2018)—Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety field, today announced that they will partner with Montana State University and Gallatin County, MT, to decommission the university’s existing dispatch operations center and consolidate staff and operations into the Gallatin County 911 Communications Center to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Topics: Technology Procurement and Integration, Industry News, Emergency Response Ecosystem, 911 and Emergency Communications Centers, Education

Mission Critical Partners Announces August Webinar on PSAP Data Integration

STATE COLLEGE, PA. (August 21, 2018) — Today Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety systems and operations field, announced an August webinar on how to integrate rich data into PSAP operations.

Topics: Emergency Response Ecosystem, On-Demand Webinars, Data Integration and Analytics, 911 and Emergency Communications Centers

MCP Publishes Best-Practices Book on Designing and Constructing Public Safety Facilities

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (August 27, 2018)—Today, Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety systems and operations field announced the availability of “Expert Advice to Guide Your Facility Project,” its new book that draws on the firm’s experience in helping to design more than 50 public safety facilities since its inception nearly a decade ago.

Topics: Public Safety, Mission-Critical Facilities, Company News

Charles County, MD, to Partner with MCP to Conduct Fire, Rescue and EMS Assessment

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (July 19, 2018)—Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety field, today announced that they have been selected as a partner by Charles County, MD, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the combined career and volunteer fire, rescue and emergency medical services (EMS) system in place in the County.

Topics: Industry News, Public Safety, Consulting

Mission Critical Partners Recognized as a Top 20 Telecom Design Firm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (July 10, 2018)—Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety field, has been named a Top 20 telecommunications design firm in Engineering News-Record’s annual sourcebook ranking, which recognizes the largest firms providing telecommunications design, consulting and engineering services in the United States.

Topics: Industry News, Technology, Public Safety, Company News, Awards

Mission Critical Partners Announces New Data Integration Program and Charleston Social Media Pilot at NENA

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 18, 2018) — Today Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety systems and operations field, announced a new program to integrate rich data into PSAPs as well as a collaboration with RapidSOS and a new social media pilot program in the Charleston County (S.C.) Consolidated 911 Center.

Topics: Technology Procurement and Integration, Industry News, Public Safety, Social Media

Mission Critical Partners Announces May Webinar on Computer-Aided Dispatch Systems

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (MAY 25, 2018) — Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a leading consulting and lifecycle management services firm in the public safety systems and operations field, will host a live, complimentary 60-minute webinar on Thursday, May 31 on trends in computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems and procurement best practices.

Topics: Technology Procurement and Integration, Technology, On-Demand Webinars