The National Emergency Number Association sent key House and Sena...
The National Emergency Number Association sent key House and Senate appropriators a letter Friday asking them to consider, in economic stimulus legislation, investment in technology supporting 911 and emergency communications. “There can be no more critical infrastructure than the…
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911 systems relied on by the public and the emergency communications systems used by those responding to emergencies,” NENA CEO Brian Fontes wrote. “Similarly, while promotion of broadband access for the general public is an important investment, it is even more important for the future of 911 and emergency communications, which will increasingly depend on high bandwidth networks to effectively prepare for, and respond to, emergencies.” Public safety’s needs include “the establishment of IP backbone networks and the application-layer software infrastructure needed to interconnect the multitude of emergency response organizations,” the letter said.