Results - Topic: Location Systems

Benefits of Integrating CAD and RMS

A clear sign showing how dispatchers can support law enforcement more directly than before, and even help influence a safe outcome for police incidents, is the move to integrate CAD and RMS systems. Fueling this integration trend is a wide range of software offerings that simplify data entry, retrieval and storage between dispatchers and law enforcement officers.

FCC: 70% of 9-1-1 calls now originate from mobile phones

On November 23rd, 2010 the FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski called for a change in 9-1-1 call handling; noting that, "More than two-thirds - almost 70% - of 9-1-1 calls are now made from mobile phones." Examining the rate of household "wireless substitution," The Center for Disease Control and The National Center for Health Statistics released their own study: Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January - June 2010.

GeoComm Participates in NENA's Industry Collaboration Event 4

NENA held the Industry Collaboration Event #4 (ICE 4) in Irving, Texas at the AT&T Center for Learning the week of 11/14/11. The focus of the event was emergency call routing based on the LoST hierarchy. This is the core function required to assure reliable and predictable emergency call routing and location validation regardless of the media type or device being used to place a call

Intrado Acquires Contact One

Intrado Inc., a subsidiary of West Corporation and a leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, has acquired Contact One, a leader in integrated 9-1-1 geographic information system (GIS) data management solutions for public safety.

LuciadLightspeed Brings Situational Awareness Into A New Era

LuciadLightspeed provides software components and functionalities that enable data fusion, visualization and analysis of geospatial information. LuciadLightspeed enables the development of Sustainable Applications; Applications that are easier, and thus lower cost, to maintain, and applications that can be evolved in a cost effective manner.

MobileTrec Announces SafeKidZone Mobile Child Protection App

Los Angeles-based company, MobileTrec, has launched SafeKidZone, a mobile personal security network based on a mobile phone application that places a "Panic Button" on kids' cell phones which can rapidly connect to 9-1-1.

New Armor Rugged Tablet Optimizes Communications For Mobile Workforce

The new ARMORT X10gx rugged tablet enhances the efficiency and productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce. It offers AT&T wireless certification and optional integrated GobiT 2000 mobile broadband to keep the user connected on multiple wireless networks. The ARMORT X10gx also is equipped with standard 802.11n Wireless LAN connectivity and BluetoothR v2.0 + EDR (Class 2), as well as integrated GPS. Standard routing of GPS and WLAN to two RF ports allows switching between internal...

Pryme Radio Products Licenses GPS Technology To Midian Electronics

Pryme Radio Products has entered into a non-exclusive agreement to license its extensive GPS technology portfolio to Midian Electronics, Inc. Midian is an Arizona corporation located in Tucson that produces a wide variety of advanced signaling/scrambling products for two-way radios. Midian will use its license to develop, manufacture, and market a Speaker Microphone with GPS and voice security capabilities. Pryme's GPS technology portfolio includes 30 Patents and Patent Applications in...

Pryme Radio Products Recognized at InnovationAwards

The 5th Annual Innovation Awards were recently held during the 117th International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference. Cygnus Business Media's Law Enforcement Group developed these awards to showcase cutting-edge products that were launched within the previous year. An independent panel of qualified, veteran law enforcement officials judges the entries. Products are judged on innovativeness, productivity, quality, contribution, ease-of-use, maintainability, cost effectiveness, and...

SouthernLINC Wireless Chooses Intrado for 9-1-1 Services

Intrado Inc., a leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, has announced an agreement to provide emergency communications services to Atlanta-based regional wireless carrier SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company. Under the terms of the agreement, Intrado is providing SouthernLINC Wireless with a broad suite of value-based solutions, including wireless Phase I and Phase II services that help 9-1-1 centers determine a caller's physical location.

The Underlying Problem With 9-1-1: Rescuers Can't Help Citizens If They Can't Locate Them

Most 9-1-1 map data is flawed across the country. It’s inaccurate and outdated - missing new streets, closed roads and sometimes whole new developments. It frustrates first responders who have to double-back on roads searching for an address that’s out of numerical order. It can be life-threatening to citizens who need assistance, yet their location cannot be identified quickly or with spot-on precision.

Tracking Technology Keeps Rescuers Safe

Although searchers are trained in the latest safety procedures, the remoteness of the terrain and the challenges of operating in small teams meant the risk was high. The team contacted PRYME Radio Products, a company which makes audio accessories such as earphones and headsets for two-way radios, about their GPSMIC system.

Workshop to Address Critical Need for Technology to Track First Responders Inside Buildings

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a leader in the development of technology for safeguarding the lives and health of first responders, will host the sixth annual International Workshop on Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking Technology Aug. 1-2, 2011. Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology, the sixth annual workshop will feature live demonstrations of location and tracking technologies and keynote speakers from NASA and Qualcomm.