Washington NENA Technical Subcommittee Bulletin – December 1997 CAD & Mapping Update Submitted by Allen Jakobitz 360-923-4515 Maps are extremely important to telecommunicators in PSAPs. They are frequently used to help locate callers or incidents. Maps can be critical in the dispatching of responders. There are some CADs that have proprietary mapping integrated in their …
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Snohomish/Island Counties Enhanced 9-1-1 Project submitted by Marj Williams 425-388-3886 Snohomish County Enhanced 9-1-1 and Island County Communications are partnering to form the North Puget Sound Regional 9-1-1 Cooperative. The partnership will support current and future 9-1-1 callers with more efficient call delivery, automatic display of ANI and ALI for wireless and landline callers, expanded …
NENA Technical Development Conference held in Orlando, FL March 1-4, 1998 The following three articles about the TDC are organized by CPE track, Data Base track, and Network track: CPE/PSAP Track Submitted by Randy Richmond, Zetron, Member of NENA PSAP Standards Committee 425-820-6363 The following issues were discussed regarding their impact on PSAPs …
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Strategic Imperatives by John A. Browne The wireless revolution within the telecommunications industryis seriouslyjeopardizing the telephone companies’ ability to provide locationinformationas part of a 9-1-1 call. Wireline service is a fixed environment.With minorexceptions (foreign exchange and off premise extensions),wireline callsoriginate from a service address, so when a call is made to9-1-1, the serviceaddress can accompany …
Non-emergency 9-1-1 Calls: The Problem and the Solution by Colonel Earnest E. Ricci You must have heard the whimsical story about the home ownerwhose roofleaked. His solution to the problem was to place a bucket underthe stream ofwater. When more leaks developed, he simply added more buckets. Compare that to the action taken by a …
Number Portability and 9-1-1 by Joe Blaschka, Jr., P.E. It seems as though there is no rest for the weary. While weare still knee deep in wire-less issues, another issue crops up that is going to createproblems. This issue is numberportability. Number portability means different things todifferent people. To the PCScommunity, number portability can mean …
The Race to Promote9-1-1 by Ron Harris CORDOVA, Ala. – Most people think it’s a littleinsane to drive a car in excess of 150 miles per hour. Not DannyBagwell. He loves it. In fact, the faster he drives the better helikes it. As a driver on NASCAR’s Goody Dash Series,Bagwell’s success depends on speed and …
NENA Publications NENA’s regular publications, in addition to the NENA web site, include NENANews magazine and Connections newsletter. The goal of eachpublication is to support the NENA mission by keeping our members up-to-date onthe latest technical and operational developments in 9-1-1. Both NENA Newsand Connections are benefits of membership in the association.(Note: Advertising brochures on …
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