As the number of annual billion-dollar disasters escalates disaster resilience efforts becomes ever more important. What is disaster resilience? Who is responsible for it? Is there a single solution to disaster resilience? All these questions and more are explored in Eric Holdeman’s insightful column.
As the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) May 15th voluntary text-to-9-1-1 deadline approaches 14 states have already deployed a live text-to-9-1-1 service in at least one county with many more planning to offer the capability soon. Last week shared an article highlighting the concerns of the public safety community. This Radio Resource online exclusive highlights The National SMS Text Service Coordination Group’s recently released Information and Planning Guide aims to help the public safety community understand this new capability
Last week we shared an article that seeks to answer whether FirstNet is stalled. Read author Bill Schrier's follow up piece for updates on new developments with FirstNet, and new commentary on the speed and implementation of the program.
Will the phrase, "Help! Somebody text 911! It’s an emergency!" one day take the place of "Somebody call 911!"?
Florida debuts a new initiative that improves situational awareness and increases the safety of crews that fight wildfires.
Representative Susan Brooks (R-IN) introduced H.R. 4263, known as the Social Media Working Group Act of 2014, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to establish a social media working group, which expands both the membership and influence of the Department of Homeland Security’s Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSMWG).
Registration is required and white paper submissions are due March 28, 2014
The workshop focused on operational, social science, visual and data analytics, and technical challenges.
Charlottesville, VA Fire Chief Charles Werner will speak at the the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) this month. See the full schedule of events and presentations on the 2014 IWCE website for times and locations
Trusted Information Exchange Services (TIES) is helping law enforcement solve more crimes and gain increased situational awareness.
The National Information Sharing Consortium (NISC) has an exhibit at the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) 2014 Mid-Year Emergency Management Policy and Leadership Forum.
The short answer is no. The longer answer: maybe.