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Big Win for Kari’s Law in Illinois
Fletch: Kari’s Law becomes law in the State of Illinois, and once again APN legal correspondent Martha Buyer joins me to discuss it. Welcome, Martha. Martha Buyer: Thanks Fletch. Great to be here, as...
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Hacking 911: Is the Genie out of the Bottle?
For many years a level of frailty has existed in the nation’s 911 network and its primary level of protection has been “security through obscurity“. The configuration of the network and details of its...
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How Fast Can Your School Respond to an Emergency?
Safety at schools and campuses has been a growing public concern in recent years. Natural disasters and critical situations on school campuses have caused a nationwide initiative to improve emergency...
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Who is Answering Your 911 Calls? The Answer May Shock You.
One of the best-known brands globally are the digits 9-1-1. When we hear those numbers, we immediately equate them to mean “emergency.” Even in countries across Europe and the Middle East where the...
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Podcast: The Dichotomy of Technology
Working for Avaya, I get to see lots of technology and innovation based around communications enablement. While the bulk of that technology is designed to enable day-to-day business communications and...
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911’s Biggest Flaw, and How to Solve It
While you may not realize it, your telephone number has been a piece of information used to uniquely identify you or your location for quite some time. Just this week, I received a new Personal Health...
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Podcast: I’d Like a Pizza and One Police Officer, Please
You may have seen this recent story circling the Internet: A Florida woman’s quick thinking likely saved herself and her three children, when she added a secret message to her online order of a large,...
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The Truth about 911: How Outdated Technology is Putting Your Life at Risk
When tragedy strikes, we’re told to dial 911. Unfortunately, tragedy does strike … and often—millions of people call 911 each year. But what happens when the technology meant to save us, fails us?...
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Why the FCC Wants to Block Old Phones from Dialing 911
Every day, 911 dispatchers at 6,800 emergency call centers across the U.S. get prank calls, many of which come from disconnected mobile phones. Now, the FCC is thinking about preventing those phones...
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911 Awareness Means Tragedy Averted
It’s said that “lightning never strikes twice.” This is, of course, a statistical assumption and is often disputed by scientists, who note that large attractors of an electrical discharge, such as the...
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