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NG911 Planning Ahead: Helpful Checklists and Pilot Efforts

Published Dec 12, 2017

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New resources and pilot efforts are constantly under development to help 911 leaders plan for and implement Next Generation 911 (NG911), which presents stakeholders with a complex set of operational, technical, security and funding choices. The FCC’s Task Force on Optimal PSAP Architecture (TFOPA) Working Group 2 developed the NG911 Readiness Scorecard – a valuable tool to help ensure effective and efficient planning for the transition to NG911.

One of the key benefits of NG911 to emergency communications is the ability to accurately determine a caller’s location in real-time and share it with first responders. PSAPs with the capability to receive device-based location through a clearinghouse can expedite emergency response. The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board entered into a pilot project to test a new technology to deliver device-based hybrid location to 911, without the need for an app and at no cost to public safety.

Speakers Include:

  • David Holl, Chair, TFOPA Working Group 2; Director of Public Safety, Lower Allen Township, PA

  • Timothy May, Policy & Licensing Division, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, FCC

  • Curtis Sutton, Executive Director, Tennessee Emergency Communications Board