Only two counties are not part of the Idaho grant. Ada County, the state's most populous, is one of them because it started a ...

Next Generation 911 infrastructure will allow residents to send pictures and video to dispatch. The new technology also ...

The Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission (IPSCC) approved grant funding to move forward with the implementation of Next Generation 911 earlier this month, paving the way for a phased ...

BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — The Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission on July 10 approved a $15 million grant to modernize the state’s emergency response system. The money will go ...

Emergency communication centers across Idaho are updating their equipment; however, some local systems remain outdated and ...

The general idea behind Next-Generation 911, of course, is to more efficiently meet people in need of emergency assistance where they are — that might mean via text or mobile devices — and to ...

So far, however, the federal grant funding to help PSAPs transition to next-generation 911 has been minuscule. Organizations advocating for 911 agencies have formed the NG911 NOW Coalition to ...