February 16, 1968 sees the first official “911” call placed in the United States. Now taken for granted as first course of action in the event of emergency by nearly all of the nation’s 327 million people, 911 is a relatively recent invention and was still not standard across the United States for many years…
www.evergy.com We thank you for working with us this morning. At 10:15, the SPP lifted the current order and intermittent outages have been suspended at this time. Power should be coming back online soon for those impacted. We thank you for conserving energy and ask that you continue to do so, which will help…
Celebrating Telecommunicators Worldwide: 112 Day For the past 10 years, the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), and other emergency service number associations worldwide remind nations and communities of the value of the single emergency service number systems and the people who make them possible. No matter what number people dial to request assistance, countries across…
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Click the link below to review the Kansas NG911 Buildout timeline. https://www.kansas911.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NG911-Buildout-A-Timeline-002.gif
As the Local Collection Point Administrator (LCPA) for the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council (“Council”), Mainstream Nonprofit Solutions, Inc. is issuing this RFP for the procurement of an Kansas 911 Communication and Training Coordinator and an additional Kansas 911 Liaison. The two RFPs are attached. While an individual may submit proposals for both RFPs, an individual…
We cut Graham County 911 Live 7/15/2020. Per Terry McLarty’s spreadsheet they are the 102nd site cut live, less Yoder, AMR, Salina-Shawnee-Sedgwick backups that puts them at the 97th PSAP that went live. Michele Carpenter is the 911 lead supervisor in the attached photo, she was great to work with. Cole Presley is the Sheriff…
This last week was a busy one for the team. 11 sites cut live with i3 and 7 sites cut live with RapidDeploy Radius Plus. This summer is looking to be even busier with the continuation of updates to i3 and the new map with Radius Plus for the remaining sites. In addition, we will…
Across the nation in times of intense personal crisis and community-wide disasters, the first access point for those seeking all classes of emergency services is 9-1-1. The 1200 Kansas Emergency Telecommunicators staffing local and county emergency communications centers that receive these calls have emerged as the first and single point of contact for persons seeking…
Kansas PSAPs can find resources on COVID-19 located on one web page on the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council’s website. Use this resource to find sample documents, situational awareness maps, news-stories, webinars and many website resources. Locate the web page at COVID-19 PSAP Resources
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