Customer Service for 9-1-1 Professionals

Jan 20 – 12:08 pm — Chris Nussman Category:  Expanding Your Horizons Instructor(s):  Tonya Pearce, ENP Offered:  07.19.11 – Bowie, MD Offered:  07.20.11 – Easton, MD   In the world of emergency services, the term customer service takes on a completely new meaning. This course will begin by identifying the customer base for a 9-1-1 …

2007 NG Partner Program Summaries

 NENA NG Partner Program 2007 Report  2007 has been another successful year for NENA’s NG Partner Program. This year’s report includes a status of NG9-1-1(?) activities being worked on by many standards development organizations, including NENA. The “Summary of NG9-1-1 Development and NG Partner Program Results for 2007” covers the following topics: Next Generation Opportunities …

Government Education

Feb 26 – 01:25 pm — Chris Nussman Category:  Getting the Word Out Instructor(s):  Christy Williams, ENP New and emerging technologies are reshaping emergency communications in ways we could not have predicted even just a few years ago. Wireless, VoIP, and Next Generation 9-1-1(?) have brought new technical, operational, and educational challenges to the industry …

Communications Center Staffing Workshop

Feb 22 – 01:39 pm — Chris Nussman Category:  Keeping Your PSAP Finely Tuned Instructor(s):  Jim Lake, ENP Offered:  05.02.11 – North Carolina Offered:  06.23.11 – NENA 2011 – Minneapolis, MN Determining appropriate staffing levels for a PSAP can be difficult. Even more challenging than that can be the task of justifying your findings before …

TTY/TDD Communications SOP

Mar 3 – 05:15 pm — John Ellison Document Information Full name:  TTY/TDD Communications Standard Operating Procedure Model Recommendation Document type:  Standard Standard number:  56-004 Document description:  This document has been developed to serve as a model standard operating procedure for handling TTY/TDD Communication within Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). To provide uniformity and consistency …

Understanding GIS for the PSAP

Feb 27 – 04:00 pm — Chris Nussman Category:  Learning the Ropes Instructor(s):  Marc Berryman, ENP Instructor(s):  Bob White GIS (Geographic Information Systems) plays a major role in today’s PSAP and will become increasingly important as we move towards a Next Generation 9-1-1(?) system. This course will demonstrate, in easy-to-understand language, what GIS is and …

Virtual PSAP Management

Jun 8 – 05:39 pm — Delaine Arnold Document Information Full name:  NENA Virtual PSAP Management Operations Information Document Document type:  Informational Standard number:  53-507 Document description:  This document is intended as a guide for PSAP staff and policy makers to evaluate and consider the opportunities and challenges presented with the Next Generation 9-1-1(?) systems …