NG911: AFFORDABLE LOCATION DATA

Soon, 2020 will be over. We will be looking forward to 2021 as the year of rebirth and hopefuly a new sense of normalcy. While many IT projects have stalled; the rollout of next-generation 911 networks has been progressing quietly at the State level in several areas. These new networks promise public safety some incredible new capabilities. Along with desperately needed agency interoperability, secure connections between agencies can now exist due to the Emergency Services IP network (ESINet). This new IP network not only will enable the functional elements that are North of the network (NG911 enabled Public Safety Answer Points) to ingest additional data, but simultaneously, allow the functional elements South of the network (NG911 enabled Origination Networks) to contribute additional data into the emergency chain of care. [READ MORE]