Requests for Proposals (RFP)

(Please respond directly to the contact person/agency/company listed in the RFP.) E911 Controller Systems The Shelby County(TN)911 Emergency Communications District is accepting proposals for new E911 Controller systems to be installed for the fourteen (14) public safety answering points (PSAPs) in Shelby County. These systems must meet all NENA standards as well as FCC standards …

RCN Press Release

                    Home                         RCN Press Release   Contacts: Birgit Riepe, Blanc & Otus, 847-382-8875, 773-425-6923 (mobile) Mary Colvig, Blanc & Otus, 415-856-5176 Sonya Carius, NENA, 800-332-3911 Nation’s First Report Card on 9-1-1 Grades U.S. Service as “B;”  Notes Future of 9-1-1 as ‘Threatened’ …

Membership application

MembershipCategories Active – Any management, supervisory orsupport personnel responsible for planning, organizing, staffing,directing, controlling, supporting and/or operation functionsrequired in the design, promotion, construction, installation,maintenance, command and/or operation of public safety emergencycommunications systems who are employed, compensated, appointed,or elected by a federal, state, provincial, territorial or localgovernment agency, or an agency substantially supported bygovernment funds, or …

How 9-1-1 Works

Although every system is unique, a 9-1-1 system works primarily in thefollowing way: the three digit emergency number 9-1-1 is dialed the call is answered at a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) the trained telecommunicator at the PSAP receives the emergency information from the caller the telecommunicator dispatches the appropriate agency (police, fire EMS) to …

The Development of 9-1-1

The three-digit telephone number “9-1-1″ has been designated as the”Universal Emergency Number,” for citizens throughout the UnitedStates to request emergency assistance. It is intended as a nationwide telephonenumber and gives the public fast and easy access to a Public Safety AnsweringPoint (PSAP). In the United States, the first catalyst for a nationwide emergency telephonenumber was …

The National Emergency Number Association

The National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA)sponsored the first three national 9-1-1 meetings in an effort to create industryawareness of 9-1-1 and collect information on emergency number systems currently in use.In 1982, the National Emergency Number Association, a not-for-profit corporation, wasfounded as a result of these national meetings and to further the goal of “OneNation, One …