Posts From Stephen Martini
Cyber Threats to PSAP Increase as IP and Broadband Public Safety Networks Loom
March 17, 2016While IP-based public safety networks, such as FirstNet and NG9-1-1, promise to deliver mountains of data to aid responders in faster, more efficient responses, they also introduce large threats never before seen in the PSAP environment.
Read full articleASAP to PSAP Program Continues Growth
March 17, 2016As some of the nation’s largest central station alarm-monitoring companies join the ASAP to PSAP program, 9-1-1 centers are as well.
Read full articleFCC Chief of Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau: “9-1-1 Must Remain Tailored to Serve Communities”
March 16, 2016Rear Admiral (ret.) David Simpson, chief of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, discussed PSAP architecture and networking with APCO Legal Counsel Jeff Cohen during the Emerging Technology Forum in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday.
Read full articleFirstNet Making Substantial Progress on NPSBN
March 16, 2016FirstNet Board Member Kevin McGinnis provided an update of progress toward implementing the nationwide public safety broadband.
Read full articleWiFi Access Points Lead Location Accuracy Technology Talks
March 16, 2016“Find the door we need to kick down” was the message underscored multiple times Tuesday, March 15, during the first day of APCO’s Emerging Technology Forum in Kansas City, Mo., as subject matter experts discussed upcoming efforts to improve 9-1-1 location accuracy.
Read full articleNew Hampshire Dispatchers Unite to Strengthen Voice
June 3, 2013Improving professionalism among dispatchers is the number one goal for members of the New Hampshire Emergency Dispatcher’s Association.
Read full articleNew Hampshire Dispatchers Unite to Strengthen Voice
May 22, 2013Improving professionalism among dispatchers is the No. 1 goal for members of the New Hampshire Emergency Dispatcher’s Association (NHEDA).
Read full articleFCC on East Coast Derecho: ‘We Need to Find Out What Happened’
August 20, 2012Derecho winds that knocked out 9-1-1 service for millions of people in parts of Virginia and West Virginia just two…
Read full articleFCC Wants to Discuss Rules Governing Text to 9-1-1 by October
August 20, 2012When it comes to text messaging 9-1-1, “it can’t be about it – but about when and how.”
Read full articleNarrowbanding Deadline Won’t Change – Tell Your Neighbors
August 20, 2012The deadline to narrowband UHF and VHF channels is less than 5 months away and more than 1,000 agencies are…
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