NENA Events NENA features a number of educational, networking and “working” forums, sessions and conferences each year. Read the synopses below or click on the links at left for additional information and registration forms. Annual Conference & Trade Show NENA’s Annual Conference and Trade Show will celebrate its 21st anniversary in June 2002. The …
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Checklist for Working with ALECs
NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBER ASSOCIATION Florida Chapter Alternative Local ExchangeCarrier (ALEC) 9-1-1 Network Checklist for Working with ALECs 1) Initiate meetings with potential ALECs to discuss plans and issues. You can ask your9-1-1 service provider, query local newspapers and trade magazines, and network with yourfellow coordinators as to potential ALECs in your area. You should invite …
Florida 9-1-1 System Contact Directory By City/County/Turnpikes
FLORIDAE9-1-1 SYSTEMCONTACT DIRECTORY BY CITY/COUNTY/TURNPIKES Florida Information and Referral Clearinghouse on Disability Information877-232-4968 Toll Free or 850-922-4103 (They use to be known as the ADA working group) ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY BY CITY (A-F) ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY BY CITY (G-L) ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY BY CITY (M-R) ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY BY CITY (S-Z) ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY BY COUNTY CONTACT DIRECTORY BYTURNPIKE MARKER …
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Interstate & Turnpike Mileposts By County
INTERSTATE & TURNPIKE MILEPOSTS BY COUNTY HWY COUNTY BEGIN END DESCRIPTION NUMBER I-4 Hillsborough 0.00 25.30 Begins at I-275 813 247-8200 Polk 25.30 57.73 941 534-6253 Osceola 57.73 65.55 407 348-2222 Orange 65.55 90.28 407 657-2500 Seminole 90.28 104.38 407 330-6650 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
NENA Hero Program
Home Join Us for the 2002 NENA 9-1-1 Hero Program! NENA is inviting all our Chapters to participate in the 2002 NENA 9-1-1 Hero Program. This exciting program debuted at the conference last year, and because recognizing children for the proper …
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 Nations First Report Card on 9-1-1 Grades U.S. Service as “B;” Notes Future of 9-1-1 as Threatened …