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While attending 911 GTW in Washington this year, I had the extreme honor of being joined by FCC Deputy Director of Public Safety and Homeland Security David Furth and get a complete rundown of Kari's Law and the RAY BAUMS Act §506 requiring Dispatchable Location being sent to 911 centers.
While attending 911 GTW in Washington this year, I had the extreme honor of being joined by FCC Deputy Director of Public Safety and Homeland Security David Furth and get a complete rundown of Kari's Law and the RAY BAUMS Act §506 requiring Dispatchable Location being sent to 911 centers.
Recorded during SkySwitch Vectors 2019 this podcast discusses the issues and solutions for contacting emergency services. A roundtable podcast discussing E911, Kari's Law and location service issues with members of the emergency services and SkySwitch.
At the packed Aug1st Open Meeting, E911 took center stage as Karti's Law and the Ray Baum Act §506 were discussed and voted on, as mandated by Congress, Fletch sits down with Chairman Ajit Pai and Hank Hunt for the REAL INSIDE story.
Avaya announces unprecedented, enterprise life-saving device location discovery capabilities are now available through the integration between RapidSOS, 911 Secure SENTRY™ and the Avaya Aura and IP Office using the latest emergency response management solutions from Avaya.
Now that Kari's Law is required by federal legislation, enterprises are reviewing what they need to do to become compliant. PSAPs can help businesses by proactively describing what information they need. This year the NENA 2019 conference will feature a session on getting it implemented.
Now that Kari's Law is passed, and the waiver period of 2 years is expiring in February of 2020, many Enterprise networks are turning up their solutions. While they SHOULD turn to their implementor for guidance, they will inevitably turn to PSAPs for answers to difficult questions. Fletch will cover the basic best practices on dealing with the legislation, and where the public should turn for answers.
Fletch runs through what the Act is, who it affects and what Enterprise MLTS users need to know and understand in this report on the next legislative requirement after Kari's Law.
Avaya was presented with the 2018 Go Red Goes STEM Mission Innovation Award by the Chicago American Heart Association. "Every year, we think about ways to do more for the students and bring our mission to life in new and exciting ways. This year, [Avaya] stepped up and challenged us to think about the ways we’re using communication and technology. Not only has this company been dedicated to having an impact on the TODAY, but this company has moved the needle for our mission through the support of passing Kari’s Law [having] a tremendous impact on the lives of cardiac and stroke victims.
At the IIT Real-Time Communications Conference at the IIT Chicago Campus, Fletch sits down with FCC CTO Eric Burger to discuss Robocalling - where he admits it's all his fault, Kari's Law, and the impacts of technology on modern communications. Don't miss this great discussion with the Chairman's Technology Advisor.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the following items are tentatively on the agenda for the September Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the following items are tentatively on the agenda for the September Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 26, 2018
After 4 years 2 months and 12 days of pain and suffering, Hank Hunt (Kari's Dad) can finally pause to celebrate the life of his daughter and the namesake legislation destined to become federal law in the next few days when the President puts pen to paper. The main proponents of the law sit down and talk about what it took to finally get to this point.
On Tuesday Sept. 26, the FCC has on it's agenda a Notice of Inquiry. More information on MLTS/ECS functionality, and capabilities is being requested. This furthers the Kari's Law initiatives and adds the additional important aspects. How are rules made at the FCC? We dive into this interesting process, where public comment can shape the direction of the Commissions opinions.
Handset-based location, Public warning, aTransnational database, Direct access from private networks (in recognition of Kari's Law), and Accessibility of communications for persons who have a disability were all part of this ground breaking legislation improving access to 112 across the European Union.
Handset-based location, Public warning, aTransnational database, Direct access from private networks (in recognition of Kari's Law), and Accessibility of communications for persons who have a disability were all part of this ground breaking legislation improving access to 112 across the European Union.
He’s back. Steve Forcum rejoins co-hosts Mark Fletcher, John Deavers and Tricia Howard, after an extended sojourn. Steve takes over episode 20 of the Inside Avaya Podcast from the get go letting everyone know (Tricia) he’s here to reclaim his “territory … "taking names and creating a list.” Along with an amped up quantity of joviality, the four presenters dive in. Steve starts with a “cloud rant,” taking on especially one competitor who will from here on be named, “comedy central.” Other topics include: Avaya’s cloud expos, the agreement allowing the company to come out of Chapter 11, Kevin Kennedy’s retirement and new Avaya CEO Jim Chirico. Kari’s Law passes in the US Senate, Johnny D presents Tech Buster (with devices, and clients, and firmware, oh my!), either Fletch or John Miller drops in on Spyder Harrison, plus more! Click play below and enjoy!
Fletch sits down with Kelli Merriweather from TX CSEC who has had one of the most successful implementations of Kari's Law to date. Where we are today, and how we got there.
APN's Legal Correspondent, Martha Buyer, sits down with Fletch to discuss the recent enactment of the NYC law requiring compliance with what has become known as Kari's Law, requiring direct access to 911, on-site notification and prohibits calls from being intercepted.
Deavers on The Avaya Tech Transfer sessions - Fletch on NYC roll out Kari's Law for E911 on MLTS and Steve talks to Sharon Scott from Mutare about the evolution of messaging in today's evolving UC environment.
Tim Kenyon of Conveyant Systems talks Next Gen 911, Situational Awareness and Kari's Law in our 8&Out interview.
Woo! Within the Trenches Podcast is back with episode 49 and I would like to welcome back Whitney! She has been gone for some time and rather than spoil the surprise I will let you go ahead and listen to her reveal it. In this episode we share some personal stories along with what happened on my trip to Marquette Michigan for work. It was an awesome experience and I can't wait to go back. Towards the end we touch on Kari's Law and future episodes. As always you can email the show at wttpodcast@gmail.com and follow the links below to 'Like' Kari's Law on Facebook and sign the petition on Change.org. Kari's Law - Facebook | Change.org Episode topics - Whitney's reveal Marquette or Bust Future guests/topics Kari's Law
Welcome to a brand new episode of Within the Trenches. It has been a very busy week but I'm back! In this episode I sat down with Missy and Greg of Three Rivers Ambulance Authority (TRAA.) I met them during a training session a few weeks ago and I was impressed with them as well as the rest of the dispatchers and agency as a whole. We shared stories about their career, what High Performance EMS stands for and what it takes to run the agency. As always you can email the show at wttpodcast@gmail.com and don't forget to check below for links to our podcast promotion featuring, highperfomanceems.com. Also remember that tomorrow is the day that the No 9 Needed campaign asks that you change your social media profile pictures to the No 9 Needed logo in support of Kari's Law. For more information on Kari's Law please follow this link. High Performance EMS - Web | Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin Episode topics - Missy's beginning Greg's beginning What is High Performance EMS An overview of TRAA What it takes to dispatch
Fletch talks about additional E911 laws in the US - Back then - only 16 States had any legislation, and it was a mash-up with little consistency. Fortunately today things are better, especially after Kari's Law started making the rounds with some consistency.