FCC’s PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU TO HOST SPEAKERS SERIES FOR NATION’S FIRST RESPONDERS
Washington D.C. -- The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB), will begin hosting a new speakers series this month to help provide our nation’s first responders with the latest news and developments on public safety communications and related-initiatives. The first in a series of these sessions will be hosted by PSHSB on Wednesday, October 22, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at the Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305).
Laurie Flaherty, Program Analyst, Office of Emergency Medical Services, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will be the first expert speaker and will discuss the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) role in 9-1-1 issues. Ms. Flaherty presentation will specifically focus on the work of the Research and Innovative Technologies Administration and recent developments in Next Generation 9-1-1. Following her presentation, Ms. Flaherty will answer questions from the audience.
The Speakers Series will be open to the public; admittance however will be limited to the seating available. Those individuals who are interested in attending may pre-register on-line at: www.fcc.gov/pshs/speakerseries911.html. Those who pre-register will be asked to provide their name, title, organization affiliation, and contact information. Individuals may also contact Sue Gilgenbach at 202-418-0639 regarding pre-registration. The deadline for pre-registration is Monday, October 20, 2008.
Ohio NENA/APCO Joint Chapter Meeting to be help May 14, 2008. Meeting to be held at the:
Holiday Inn
7007 N. High St.
Worthington Ohio
At this press conference, scheduled for 10am, the 9-1-1 Industry Alliance plans to highlight the need for immediate State Legislative changes required to continue to allow 9-1-1 centers in the State of Ohio to continue to receive wireless 9-1-1 calls from the public. Wireless calls now make over 55% of all calls to 9-1-1 yet Ohio is one of the last states in the nation with funding legislation to all these calls to be handled.
Jeff Robertson, Executive Director of the 9-1-1 Industry Alliance will address a meeting of the Missouri Assocition of Counties. At this meeting Mr. Robertson plans on sharing ideas and discussion around the funding crisis for 9-1-1 in the State of Missouri and review key sections of the 9IA Health of 9-1-1 report recently published. Mr. Robertson will be speaking at 4:10pm at the Capitol Plaza Hotel - 415 W. McCarty
Jefferson City, MO.
County Government's across Missouri and being constantly requested for emergency funding requests to ensure their local 9-1-1 emergency dispatch centers stay open. Missouri is the only state in the nation with no wireless funding mechanism in place and over 52% of all calls being of a wireless nature, county governement is having to "find" un-budgeted funds (911 is funded through land-line surcharges only) to handle the huge onslaught of wireless calls reporting emergencies.
To learn more about the issue, read the Missouri Interim Commitee report on why Missouri is regarded as the "worst state in the nation to dial 9-1-1 in!"
The 9-1-1 Industry Alliance will be discussing the findings of the 9IA Health of the Nations 9-1-1 Network and how it relates to Colorado. Colorado is in the process of new legislation to handle the funding and regulation of new technologies and how to handle them why they contact 9-1-1 centers across the State.
The Colorado 9-1-1 Task Force represents public safety interests across the State and is under the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Ohio NENA/APCO Joint Chapter Meeting to be help May 14, 2008. Meeting to be held at the:
Holiday Inn
7007 N. High St.
Worthington Ohio
At this press conference, scheduled for 10am, the 9-1-1 Industry Alliance plans to highlight the need for immediate State Legislative changes required to continue to allow 9-1-1 centers in the State of Ohio to continue to receive wireless 9-1-1 calls from the public. Wireless calls now make over 55% of all calls to 9-1-1 yet Ohio is one of the last states in the nation with funding legislation to all these calls to be handled.
The 9-1-1 Industry Alliance was invited to work with telecommunications companies servicing Missouri in working together to solve the need from 9-1-1 centers across the State. Read the conference agenda and brochure here.
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