MCP Podcast Network Episode 9: Cloud Services for Public Sector Organizations

Mission Critical Partners' informational podcast series features the firm’s subject-matter experts and other industry leaders exploring a wide range of timely topics pertaining to mission-critical communications.

In this episode of the MCP Podcast Network, we present a high level overview of cloud implementations for public sector organizations. We are joined by two Amazon Web Service (AWS) industry thought leaders, John Persano, senior business development manager, and Gigi Boehringer, solutions architect. Eric Caddy, vice president of network and 911 services, and Gary Pulford, the director of product management, both from MCP, also are featured.

Integrating Broadband Technology with Traditional LMR Systems

MCP's informational podcast series features the firm’s subject-matter experts and other industry leaders exploring a wide range of timely topics pertaining to mission-critical communications.

In this episode of the Mission Critical Partners Podcast Network, we discuss Integrating Broadband technology with traditional LMR systems. We are joined by Mission Critical Partners, Scott Neal, Vice President, Director of Wireless Services.

Cloud Migration Factors to Consider For Public Sector Organizations

MCP's informational podcast series features the firm’s subject-matter experts and other industry leaders exploring a wide range of timely topics pertaining to mission-critical communications.

In this episode of the Mission Critical Partners Podcast Network, we are discussing cloud migration factors to consider for public sector organizations. We are joined by three Mission Critical Partners, Eric Caddy, Vice President and Director of Network and 911 Services, Jamie Sullivan, Senior Technical Specialist, and Gary Pulford, Director of Product Management.

MCP Podcast Network Episode 10: Benefits of Cloud Implementations for the Public Sector

MCP's informational podcast series features the firm’s subject-matter experts and other industry leaders exploring a wide range of timely topics pertaining to mission-critical communications.

In this episode of the Mission Critical Partners Podcast Network, we discuss the benefits of cloud implementations for public sector organizations. We are joined by three Mission Critical Partners, Eric Caddy, Vice President and Director of Network at 911, Jamie Sullivan, senior technical specialist, and Gary Pulford, Director of Product Management.

On-Demand Webinar: How to Navigate Today’s Unprecedented Rural Broadband Opportunity

Strengthening statewide connectivity and implementing rural broadband expansion is a top priority of state and local government leaders. It is also a national priority at the federal level—American Rescue Plan funding will enable rural broadband to advance in a way that would never

MCP Podcast Network Episode 8: Alternative Policy Response

MCP's informational podcast series features the firm’s subject-matter experts and other industry leaders exploring a wide range of timely topics pertaining to mission-critical communications.

On this episode of MCP Podcast Network is entitled “Alternative Response Strategies for 911 Centers." This episode features  Executive Director for Northwest Central Dispatch System in Arlington Heights, Illinois, John Ferraro, and Mission Critical Partners' Operations Manager, Bonnie Maney, for an engaging discussion on how public sector organizations are evolving and how the transformation will result in improved outcomes in the communities they serve.

On-Demand Webinar: Strategic Planning Webinar

In today’s evolving environment, public safety and justice agencies are continually expected to do more with less. This reality means that strategic planning, and determining how best to leverage the resources available, is more crucial than ever before. During this webinar, MCP subject-matter experts Chris Kelly and Bonnie Maney will present the importance of strategic planning for public-sector organizations and how to develop your plan.

MCP Podcast Network Episode 7: Future of 911

MCP's informational podcast series features the firm’s subject-matter experts and other industry leaders exploring a wide range of timely topics pertaining to mission-critical communications.

The seventh episode on the MCP Podcast Network is entitled “Future of 911." This episode features the National 911 Program's director, Laurie Flaherty, and Mission Critical Partners' president, John Chiaramonte, for an engaging discussion on the most significant achievements in the 911 sector, the state of 911 communications, and the future of 911 service in the United States.

What’s Wrong With Emergency Medical Services Today—and How To Fix It

In Summary

• Emergency medical service has come a long way since their inception, but numerous significant challenges still exist for the agencies that provide such services and their personnel. This whitepaper explores those challenges and presents solutions for mitigating them.
• Challenges consist of staffing, funding and billing, response and patient care
• The solutions: apply for grants, implement non-traditional staffing models, stronger recruiting, invest in billing-friendly technology and establish nurse triage or mental health capabilities

Background

Prior to the late 1960s, emergency medical service (EMS) in the United States didn’t exist—at least not in the manner that it is provided today. Ambulances were used to transport patients to hospitals or other healthcare facilities—and not much else. In 1960, only six states had standard education programs for rescue personnel—paramedics and emergency medical technicians didn’t come into being until the early 1970s—and only four states regulated ambulance-design specifications. By 1965, the vast majority of emergency medical services from coast to coast largely were unregulated.

On-Demand Webinar: Implementing and Supporting Your Applications in the Cloud

Numerous innovations are being offered to enhance law enforcement operations. Some agencies however may feel hesitant adapting these due to lack of familiarity – sometimes on the technology but more often the intricacies involved with the specifications of the product, the process involved in acquiring the product, and working with the tech providers. This webinar aims to unpack the nuances when it comes to implementing and supporting law enforcement applications in the cloud.

MCP Helps NCT911 Improve Its Crisis Communications

MCP and NCT911 partnered to develop an enhanced crisis communications plan to better prepare the organization to respond to crises.

Whitepaper: ESInet Deployment: Unlocking the Power of the ESInet

In Summary: 

• This whitepaper examines the advantages and the disadvantages of three approaches to provisioning an emergency services Internet protocol network—which not only provides the foundation of a Next Generation 911 system, but also performs other important functions.
• Three ways exist to implement an ESInet: contract with a commercial entity or self-provision. A third model is a hybrid ESInet model.
• The path an agency uses can take two very different tasks, and each has its unique advantages and disadvantages. The path an agency chooses will depend heavily on its financial and IT resources, whether it can be coalesce regional support, and the level of commitment it can and is willing to lend to the project.

Background 

Next Generation 911 (NG911) systems represent a quantum leap forward for the public-safety community and the citizens that it serves. Internet Protocol (IP)-based and broadband-enabled, such systems are capable of considerably more than legacy 911 systems—which is why many emergency communications centers (ECCs) from coast to coast are clamoring to implement them.