Wes.Williams@f39.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Wes Williams) (01/19/91)
* Original to All @ 1:382/39 in FIRENET * Forwarded Wed Jan 16 1991 14:46:20 by William Degnan @ 1:382/39 This is Enhanced 911, not 911. I was informed today that I will be representing our Department in a group of our County's representatives from Massachusetts for the implementation of the new Mass E-911 system. For those of you unaware, MA has recently passed a State law to bring this into active state wide use over the next few years, where only some cities have been previously served by nonenhanced 911. With my primary job as administrator of the CPU operation for the Department, I suppose it was a logical choice. On the other hand, out of all the material that I've been able to lay my hands on, seminars included, I still do not have a feel for the pitfalls of such a project. (Hat in hand mode on) I would be more than thankful for suggested reading material, or any other sources of information that this fine group could supply. Those of you with past experience(s) in this area are invited to submit ascii, paper, 3.5", 5.25", 80 meg hard drives full of data, or file attach to this node number anything that may, in your opinion, be of importance to this project. A general discussion seems also appropriate in this echo if the Moderator will sanction same. A few primary thoughts: Is it more beneficial to utilize what hardware / software that the phone people are required to supply for a stand alone system, and hand off data to a dedicated dispatch system? (The dispatch system has not yet been obtained, although what is required before this came to pass has been well researched.) When looking at a regional approach, combining multiple cities in one central dispatch location for a few hundred thousand people, and other than the transitional learning curves, what are the problems/benefits with this method? How many (basic) different types of *E*911 are there in the country now, and who is better than who and why? In reference to the above, I have been informed (most likely incorrectly) that there were only two types. 1. A regional telephone company staffed system that passes off the information, and 2. a direct connect to the locality that will provide the service. Also, that there (in this case) can be only one split (hand off to police or fire) in the final configuration. I dislike the telco staff approach (old school) but there again, it's still phone equipment, so I'd like some comments there. Feel free to reach me in any of the following manners, and advanced thanks to all that reply or send material. Capt. E. W. Wiliams Wes Williams Fire Dept. HQ 33 Sweetser Ter 725 Western Ave. Lynn MA 01904 Lynn, MA 01905 617-593-6458 617-593-1234 (afternoons) (home) or net-mail NPI @ 101/192, 101,193 Wes Williams -- via The Q Continuum (FidoNet Node 1:382/31) UUCP: ...!natinst!tqc!39!Wes.Williams ARPA: Wes.Williams@f39.n382.z1.FidoNet.Org