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3-5-10
MCSA Raffle Brochure: Buy
tickets, win money and help your association!!
2-12-10
State 911 Department 3rd
Annual 911 Honors Awards Event - Wednesday April 28 at 10 AM at
Mechanics Hall, Worcester.
Nominate someone from
your PSAP! See www.mass.gov/e911
for info and nomination forms. Nominations due by Friday March 12.
1-29-10
Draft
Statewide Interoperability Policy and Procedures
MA Simple Standard Operating Procedure
MA Complex Standard Operating Procedure
1-7-10
MSNBC News Story on 911. The best argument for EMD one can find.
09-09; MLTS (PBX) Resources Page added. Click MLTS link in
list to left.
07-09 State adopts
regulations for MLTS (PBX) E911. Will require many new and
substantially renovated PBX systems installed after 7/1/09 in
schools/universities, hotels, large businesses, governments, etc. to
deliver accurate and helpful ALI to PSAPs. Especially helpful when a
PBX covers many buildings and formerly would show the ALI only of
the building in which the PBX was located.
MCSA would like to congratulate Barbara Boiteau from the Sturbridge Police Department 9-1-1
Division; 2009 Jeff Grossman 9-1-1 Award!
05-09: 911 Dept releases grant guidance on FY10 grants. 911
Support formula grants up by about 18% (more for small PSAPs). Apply
anytime; don't wait. (NOTE: MassNENA is
planning a PSAP Grant workshop in later June 09 to help educate
PSAPs on grant usage, application and reimbursement procedures, etc.
- stay tuned for date/time/place)
03/25/09: Mike Mangini (longtime Mass. E911 leader now with
PlantCML) receives the NENA/911 Institute 2009 "Industry
Professional" Award at NENA's 911 Goes to Washington 911 Hero's
dinner. Congratulations Mike for a well-deserved award!
3/11/09: FY09 911 Development Grants totally $7.3M Announced:
5 grants were for building or expanding regional centers and 7
grants were for feasibility studies. See the
announcement by the State 911 Dept.
10/10/08: 4 major PSAP grant programs announced by State
911 Department. Details at
http://www.mass.gov/e911. Workshops to explain the grants will
be conducted around the state starting Oct 16 2008 in Andover: see
schedule on 911 Dept website.
8/5/2008: New 911 reform bill (Chapter
223 of the Acts of 2008) passed by legislature and signed by
Governor on July 31, 2008. SETB agency becomes State 911
Department. SETB Board becomes the 911 Commission. A
/uniform surcharge of $0.75 per month is set for wireless, wireline,
and other technologies. Creates new grant programs for local and regional PSAPs,
plus much more. More details here later. See easier-to-read
Word and
PDF
versions of the statute. See MA. 911 Dept Summary of law
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