The Kansas 911 Knowledge Center is moving to a new platform April 1st, 2020 You will have limited functionality with the current Knowledge Center from 3/1/2020 to 3/31/2020. See the links below for additional information. LEARN Coming Soon All Users LEARN Admins
Join us on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at noon for one hour for a web conference featuring Kelly Chess from Jefferson County who will present on First Party Suicidal Callers, “Let’s Talk About It”. The web conference will be recorded and posted to the website for review if you are unable to attend. Dial-in number…
Join us on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at noon for one hour for a web conference featuring Emily Papa from Dickinson County who will present on Writing and Maintaining Policy for the Communications Center. The web conference will be recorded and posted to the website for review if you are unable to attend. Dial-in number…
Admin Day 2020 will be held in Salina at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3320 South 9th, Salina, Kansas on November 5th, 2020. More information will be posted as we firm up the schedule. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me. Lori Alexander lori.alexander@kansas911.org
Josh Michaelis, Operations Committee Chair for the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council spent a week in Washington, D.C. attending numerous events. While in Washington, D.C. Josh had the opportunity to speak with Ajit Pai, FCC Chairman on topics involving NG911.
Tornado Drill The National Weather Service in Topeka will conduct a Tornado Drill @ 10am Tuesday, March 3rd. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the drill by practicing seeking secure, safe shelter from a tornado. This test will be broadcast over NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio and many local television and radio stations. Local officials may also sound…
Smith County’s 911 Director Chad Meyer in the attached photo for the 94th Hosted 911 system Smith Co purchased an Avaya phone system from AT&T which was installed prior to cut and integrated to the Vesta on the cut-over day. The AT&T Tiger Team had to install the 911 rack in the hallway prior to…
Mainstream Nonprofit Solutions, Inc invites and welcomes proposals for a Kansas NG911 Administrator and K911 Liaison. The Request for Proposals (RFPs) provides interested individuals with sufficient information to enable them to prepare and submit a proposal for consideration. All proposals are to be submitted by November 22, 2019 – 5PM CT to: Mainstream Nonprofit…
November 6, 2019 The Kansas 911 Coordinating Council has awarded 30 grants, totaling $1,800,000 and supporting 36 different PSAPs. This is the full amount of the Federal Grant for this subgrant project. It is possible that the actual funds used by the awardees will total less than their grant applications. Should that happen, any remaining…
The Kansas 911 Coordinating Council’s (the Council’s) recent efforts have focused on providing affordable, NG911 capable call handling to the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) in Kansas, but many of them are operating on old or outdated equipment in other critical areas. Some of the systems needed to process NG911 calls can be very expensive…
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