Newsletter

We are busy working on the Newsletter ! Please let us know if there is anything you would like included. If you would like to give any of your dispatchers "kudos" for a job well done please submit those as well.   


mdavis@theprpc.org 

Making Coordinate Search Work On PowerMap

As many of you have figured out, the search feature on PowerMap that utilizes Lat/Long hasn't been working.   John has done some troubleshooting and  has found a solution to the problem! 

To make the Coordinate search work do the following:

1. Select Decimal (this is the easiest way to search)

Lat : (small number)  35.851053

Long: (large number)  -100.851592

2. Select the Geograhic option

3. In the drop down menu scroll down and select GCS_WGS_1984

If the information has been entered correctly, the numbers will turn bold. 

TX NENA Conference 2011

Members of the Panhandle Regional 9-1-1 Network attended the Texas NENA Conference/Awards August 21st – 24th in Corpus Christi, TX.  The TX NENA Conference and Awards is a special event that features continuing education classes, guest speakers, Vendors, and recognizes telecommunicators for outstanding contributions of service.

Mike Peters, Pam Frisk, and Melanie Davis (Panhandle 9-1-1 Network) spent the week learning, volunteering, making new friends, catching up with old friends, and having a little fun in Corpus Christi.

Texas NENA is the Texas chapter of the National Emergency Number Association. NENA works to foster the development, availability and implementation of the universal emergency telephone number, 9-1-1, common to all areas of the State of Texas, through research, planning, training, education, legislation and sharing of information; represent its members before communications regulatory agencies and policy-making bodies as appropriate; and strives toward citizens having immediate access to emergency public safety services so that safety of human life, protection of property and civic welfare are benefited to the utmost degree. NENA also Aids and assist in the timely collection and dissemination of information relating to the 9-1-1 emergency number.

Crime Stoppers Car Show is Coming !!

FBI Launches New Missing Child App

First Posted: 8/6/11 09:54 AM ET Updated: 8/8/11 04:19 PM ET

The FBI has launched a new mobile application to help put the safety of children in the hands of their parents or guardians.

"You're shopping at the mall with your children when one of them suddenly disappears. A quick search of the nearby area is unsuccessful. What do you do?" reads a new FBI promotional ad for the application.

The new tool -- the first app ever created by the FBI -- provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about the user's children. According to the FBI, the intent is for the user to have the information immediately available in the event of an emergency.

Read the Article Here

Please Make Sure You Are Doing This !

ATTENTION ALL PSAPS: Please make sure you 


are doing 9-1-1 test calls EVERY shift and 


documenting them.  Fax us the log sheets on 


the first of every month.   806-373-3268   


Thanks! 

Durham, NC to test 9-1-1 Texting Services with Verizon Wireless

Is this the future of 9-1-1?

http://www.911dispatch.com/2011/08/city-tries-911-texting-issues-list-of-limitations/

http://pdf.911dispatch.com.s3.amazonaws.com/911_texting_trial_faq.pdf

Summer 2011 Newsletter

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Only Call 9-1-1 In an Emergency ~

EMD Saves Child

A New Haven (Conn.) dispatcher helped save a four year-old boy who was found unconscious in a backyard swimming pool on Monday. David Mancini used EMD protocol cards to give the 911 caller instructions, and that person then relayed them to another person at the pool. The child survived and is expected to recover.