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North Central Texas ECD Awards $30M Contract for ‘Next‑Gen’ 911 Emergency Services
by Lance Murray | Jun 26, 2024
The North Central Texas Emergency Communications District oversees 40-plus Emergency Communications Centers in 13 area counties and five municipalities surrounding the DFW region. Under the contract, Arizona-based Comtech and its "comprehensive suite of public safety solutions" will enable NCT9-1-1 to fully migrate to a new NG9-1-1 system.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 1, 2023
Safety Shield provides a "wearable panic button" for schoolteachers and administrators that instantly alerts 9-1-1 while simultaneously sounding a campuswide silent alarm to school personnel.
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by Dave Moore |
Aug 28, 2020
Every day, Wazers alert their peers of highway incidents and hazards—with more than 10,000 reports in DFW alone. Waze analysis shows, about 40 percent of the time, user reports of crashes to its app are almost five minutes faster than traditional 9-1-1 calls.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 1, 2016
Dallas-based AT&T Inc. has announced a major upgrade for 9-1-1 agencies’ networks that will provide them with a state-of-the-art, flexible system with call-routing services.
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