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 If you haven't already signed up for NENA 2015, it's not too late! Register online today! A printable/faxable form is also available.
Camp NENA is your summertime destination to earn your merit badges in all things 9-1-1. No matter what your role is in public safety, Camp NENA delivers the education, resources, and contacts you need to fill your daypack and reach the summit of any mountain in front of you.
Featuring inspiring keynote speakers, more than 90 hours of breakout sessions that inform and empower, career-building courses and workshops with real-world applications, nightly networking events that help you make the right connections, and an Expo Hall showcasing cutting-edge products and services, NENA 2015 is the must-attend event of the year. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of it!
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Be part of the discussion! During the focused, interactive working sessions of the NENA Development Conference (October 4-7 in Austin, TX), you will explore how to address the current and future needs of public safety professionals and drive the development of standards and best practices. This is your opportunity to make your voice heard and contribute ideas on how challenges should be addressed or solutions implemented. Taking part in the process and lending your first-hand knowledge of PSAPs, communications networks, and 9-1-1 technologies ensures that the needs of public safety are met today, tomorrow, and for years to come.
This conference is unlike any other; the NDC’s unique, output-oriented program offers you the flexibility to focus on the issues that are important to you in a dynamic, cooperative atmosphere. The important, hands-on work done during the event not only yields immediate rewards for the public safety community, but also bolsters NENA’s current standards development and helps define the Association’s path forward for the next year.
Registration opens soon! Click here to make your hotel reservation and here to visit the NDC webpage to check out working sessions, pre-con courses, an event brochure, and more!
Location: It All Starts With "Where?"
Ask any dispatcher in any PSAP what is the first question they ask to a 9-1-1 caller and it will most likely be: "What is the location of your emergency?" Ask anyone working on any NG 9-1-1 related project about his or her biggest challenge and their answer will likely involve location. Ask the FCC about the most important efforts they have undertaken in recent years and the rule regarding cell phone location accuracy will be high on their list. Finally, if you have any doubt regarding the importance of location in 9-1-1, review the media reports from the string of recent tragedies where responders were delayed because of location-related issues.
It is apparent that location is the common recurring theme in both the operational and technical issues that face our 9-1-1 community today. With the recent FCC action, NG9-1-1 implementations, and the ever-increasing percentage of 9-1-1 calls made form cell phones and other non-landline devices, location will only grow in significance in the coming years.
Join 9-1-1 professionals and industry leaders at this Critical Issues Forum in Austin, TX, on October 7-8, where this complex and dynamic issue will be the focus of nearly two days of discussion, lecture, conversation, and problem-solving.
Registration opens soon! Click here to make your hotel reservation and here to visit the CIF webpage to check out the agenda, an event brochure, and more!
NENA is proud to launch the new NENA Career Center, where you will find all of the best 9-1-1 industry jobs in one place. Visit www.nena.org/jobs to:
- Search for and quickly apply for great, relevant jobs.
- Set up alerts so you are immediately notified any time a job is posted that matches your skills or interests.
- Create an anonymous job seeker profile or upload your anonymous resume so employers can find you.
- Access job search tools and tips.
If you need to hire 9-1-1 professionals, the NENA Career Center will put your job in front of our members!
- Place your job in front of our highly qualified members.
- Search our resume database of qualified candidates.
- Manage jobs and applicant activity right on our site.
- Limit applicants to those who are qualified.
- Fill your jobs more quickly with great talent.
Our hope is that this new and improved resource will make a significant difference for our members as they navigate their career paths.
How to More Easily Comply with 9-1-1 Quality Assurance Standards
Wednesday, June 24 | 1 p.m. Eastern (live) or On-Demand
Sponsored by VPI
Free! Click here to register!
With the April release of the new NENA APCO Quality Assurance and Improvement (QA/QI) standard and the transition to NG9-1-1 underway, we are making major strides toward excellence in emergency communications. Join us as we review key highlights of the new ANSI-approved NENA APCO QA/QI standard. You’ll also learn from Hamilton County 9-1-1 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, how they doubled their QA productivity by automating the selection of EMD, Police, and Fire call recordings for evaluation based on CAD data – no more hunting and pecking for calls to evaluate or tedious spreadsheet scoring – sped up feedback to supervisors, call takers, and dispatchers with automated alerts on QA scores as soon as evaluations are completed; and got faster insights into critical issues and training opportunities with automated QA/QI reporting and notifications.
On the morning of Sunday, June 28, lace up your running or walking shoes in support of 9-1-1 training and wellness programs and participate in the Friends of 9-1-1 second-annual "Run for 9-1-1" charity 5K in Denver, Colorado!
The run/walk promotes healthy living among 9-1-1 professionals, gives the Denver community and supporters from around the country a chance to say thank you to 9-1-1, and generates funds for scholarships and 9-1-1 training opportunities.
Click here to see pictures from last year's inaugural 5K in Nashville, Tennessee!
Interested runners and walkers should visit the Friends of 9-1-1 website for more information. The registration fee is currently $30, will increase to $35 on May 16, and then to $40 on Race Day (June 28). Teams of five runners can register for $100.
There are a limited number of corporate sponsorship opportunities for the Run for 9-1-1 charity event. The deadline for sponsorship commitments is June 15. Sponsorship inquiries should be directed to Sean Sullivan of Team Lightbulb.
Those who cannot attend the run/walk in person are encouraged to show support by becoming a Friends of 9-1-1 Fundraiser, with options available for individuals or groups to raise funds for scholarships and other initiatives benefiting 9-1-1 professionals.
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OPS UPDATE
Frontier Communications invites you to stop by Booth #129 at the NENA 2015 Conference and Expo in Denver on June 29 and 30. Our representatives will be available to provide information on Frontier’s Public Safety product portfolio, including NextGen 9-1-1 Call Handling, Text TO/FROM 9-1-1, Computer Aided Dispatch, Call Recording, 9-1-1 Data Validation, and IP Network solutions.
Frontier has a strong passion for the Public Safety communities across our footprint and is committed to upgrading its 9-1-1 network and building partnerships to deliver NextGen 9-1-1 products and services. Frontier’s service commitment includes locally based 9-1-1 technicians, dedicated Account Executives, 9-1-1 Service Management Support, 9-1-1 Sales Engineering, and a 9-1-1 Customer Care Center. Our pledge is to leverage Frontier’s coast-to-coast network to deliver integrated solutions that provide a pathway for NextGen 9-1-1 call delivery and advanced services.
Additional information is available at www.frontier.com/PublicSafety. We look forward to seeing you in Denver!
Having adjudicated all comments, the subject document is now considered "stable." Per NENA IPR, Section 4.5 a "Stable Form Notice" is being issued and is shown below.
4.5 Declarations during Review
When any Deliverable is in stable form, but before it undergoes review by the NENA Process Review Committee the Committee Resource Manager shall send a Stable Form Notice to all NENA Development Group participants giving notice of a deadline, at least sixty (60) days from the date of the announcement, by which all Patent Holders with respect to the Deliverable must submit a completed copy of the Licensing Declaration Form in Annex B to the Committee Resource Manager. All Stable Form Notices shall also be posted to the Committee Management Website.
Once the 60 days have passed, the document will go to the Process Review Committee for approval.
Stable Form Notice
Background
The NENA Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR") Policy, available at http://www.nena.org/?IPR, requires Participants in NENA Committees to disclose certain Patent IPRs during the process of developing a Deliverable such as a Technical or Operations Standard Document (i.e., any Standard). After receiving this notice, all Patent Holders have 60 days in which to submit a Licensing Declaration Form.
Notice
The Deliverable listed below has reached stable form and will be submitted to the NENA Process Review Committee in 60 days. Any and all Participants who hold Patent IPRs which may be implicated by the Normative Requirements of this Deliverable must submit a Licensing Declaration Form to the Committee Resource Manager within that time.
Deliverable Information
Title: NENA/APCO Next Generation 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point Requirements
Document Number: NENA/APCO-REQ-001.1-201X
URL: http://dev.nena.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=6216&wg_abbrev=asc-ngpsap
Date of Notice: June 17, 2015
Submission Deadline: August 21, 2015
NENA Intellectual Property Rights Policy – Annex C – Stable Form Notice
TECH UPDATE
Having adjudicated all comments, the subject document is now considered "stable." Per NENA IPR, Section 4.5 a "Stable Form Notice" is being issued and is shown below.
4.5 Declarations during Review
When any Deliverable is in stable form, but before it undergoes review by the NENA Process Review Committee the Committee Resource Manager shall send a Stable Form Notice to all NENA Development Group participants giving notice of a deadline, at least sixty (60) days from the date of the announcement, by which all Patent Holders with respect to the Deliverable must submit a completed copy of the Licensing Declaration Form in Annex B to the Committee Resource Manager. All Stable Form Notices shall also be posted to the Committee Management Website.
Once the 60 days have passed, the document will go to the Process Review Committee for approval.
Stable Form Notice
Background
The NENA Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR") Policy, available at http://www.nena.org/?IPR, requires Participants in NENA Committees to disclose certain Patent IPRs during the process of developing a Deliverable such as a Technical or Operations Standard Document (i.e., any Standard). After receiving this notice, all Patent Holders have 60 days in which to submit a Licensing Declaration Form.
Notice
The Deliverable listed below has reached stable form and will be submitted to the NENA Process Review Committee in 60 days. Any and all Participants who hold Patent IPRs which may be implicated by the Normative Requirements of this Deliverable must submit a Licensing Declaration Form to the Committee Resource Manager within that time.
Deliverable Information
Title: NENA Information Document for Development of Site/Structure Address Point GIS Data for 9-1-1 23
Document Number: NENA-INF-014.1-2015
URL: http://dev.nena.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=6217&wg_abbrev=csdm-ssap
Date of Notice: June 17, 2015
Submission Deadline: August 21, 2015
NENA Intellectual Property Rights Policy – Annex C – Stable Form Notice
NENA Standards for the Provisioning and Maintenance of GIS data to ECRF/LVF, NENA-STA-005.1-201X (DRAFT) is available for Public Review and Comment. This is a second review due to substantive changes being made. This document defines operational processes and procedures necessary to support the i3 Emergency Call Routing Function (ECRF) and Location Validation Function (LVF). Additionally, this document identifies ECRF/LVF performance and implementation considerations for 9-1-1 Authorities’ consideration.
To submit comments, current NENA Development Group members with a login to NENA Workspace should click here, and all others wanting to comment should click here. Then select "add a comment" just above the title "Document Details." Please complete all requested data and "Save" OR if submitting multiple comments, select "Save and Add Another."
All comments are due by July 17, 2015, at 5 p.m. ET. Any questions or concerns with submitting your comments, please contact the NENA Committee Resource Manager.
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPDATE
The National 911 Program recently released its third annual update to the report; "Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) Standards Identification and Review: A compilation of existing and planned standards for NG9-1-1 systems." The standards document is a compendium of all of the NG9-1-1 standards, including those for products, interfaces, data, tests, performance, and operations. This snapshot of the current NG9-1-1 standards development process is just one of the tools the National 911 Program provides in its effort to collect and disseminate information to help the 9-1-1 community assess and plan for the transition to improved emergency communication services for the public.
Access the annual report at 911.gov.
The FCC has released the comment cycle dates for a new proceeding that will, at long last, bring an end to 9-1-1 calls from Non-Service-Initialized (NSI) wireless phones. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted in April seeks comment on:
- Eliminating the requirement that wireless carriers forward to 9-1-1 centers calls from handsets that are not subscribed to wireless service.
- Setting a date-certain for the phase-out of the rule at six months after the adoption of an order.
- Protecting access to 9-1-1 from devices roaming on networks other than the one to which they are subscribed.
- Ensuring a smooth transition through understanding of the technical and operational challenges that network operators and 9-1-1 centers will face.
- Alternative approaches that could reduce the problems associated with fraudulent NSI 9-1-1 calls.
Interested parties may file comments with the Commission by visiting www.fcc.gov/ecfs and using Docket Number 08-51. Comments are due June 5, 2015, and Reply Comments are due July 6, 2015. For more information on the NSI proceeding, please contact Trey Forgety, NENA Director of Government Affairs, at tforgety@nena.org.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION NEWS
NENA recently launched a FREE email news service called Public Safety SmartBrief. It provides a weekly summary of news, trends, and updates on public safety issues – not just 9-1-1 but also police, fire, and EMS. Knowledgeable editors handpick key articles from hundreds of publications, summarize them, and provide direct links to the original sources.
In other words, we do all the research, and you get the latest news in your inbox or on your handheld device absolutely free.
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