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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 […]
Kansas 911 Coordinating Council announces the following PSAPs have been awarded grants: The funding provided by these grants was awarded to the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council, by the National 911 grant program administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the National 911 Program. A total of $2,759,782 was awarded to the 911 […]
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capable call handling to the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) in Kansas, but many of them are operating on old or outdated equipment in other critical areas.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 […]
Make sure you save the date, November 13th, 2019 to attend Admin Day! Once again we will be at the Meridian Center in Newton, Kansas 0900-1600 hours and lunch will be provided. Updates to follow with the schedule
Riley County cut live today, August 22, 2019 with the Hosted Vesta and ESInet. This is a photo of Tyler Seifkes the 911 director. Everything went well, AT&T brought the south Tiger Team to assist in getting all of the positions cutover in a timely fashion during the day. Riley is currently an AT&T telco […]
Google is implementing a new 911 feature on Android devices. As soon as it is released I will be testing the feature and will keep you informed on how this may affect your PSAP. A link to the article is below. https://www.rrmediagroup.com/News/NewsDetails/newsID/18538
The federal grant has been awarded to Kansas. We will have more information on how 911 centers can apply for a grant soon. The subcommittee has a meeting this coming week to work on finalizing the requirements and approved projects. Read more about the grant at the link below. 911-Grant-Program-Awards-Press-Release-Aug-2019
The Kansas 911 Coordinating Council has authorized the replacement of the current Vesta Locate call handling mapping application with RapidDeploy Radius Plus Mapping and Nimbus Cloud Aided Dispatch (CAD). The inclusion of these cloud-based products into the Statewide NG911 System will provide many new features and capabilities. AT&T and RapidDeploy collaborate to deliver full suite […]
The 2019 Q2 quarterly Kansas NG911 GIS data maintenance submission deadline is this Sunday, June 30, 2019. If you have not made a submission, please do so by Sunday, June 30, 2019. If no changes are needed, the Local Data Steward or Data Maintainer shall submit a “No Changes” statement via the Kansas NG911 Portal […]
Classes are being offered across the state in Garden City, Wichita & Topeka. To register, access the DASC>Initiatives>NG911 webpage (link below). Click on the Training tab: http://www.kansasgis.org/initiatives/NG911/index.cfm The class listing and registration links are also available on the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council’s website (https://www.kansas911.org/gis/) under GIS>GIS Training. Every PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) must have […]
