Alabama Veterans Museum in Athens, AL, was the host location for the 2nd quarterly meeting for Alabama NENA on April, 25.  Bandwidth demonstrated some of the ANGEN capabilities.  President Lon Jones appreciated the good attandance at the meeting.  Click Read More to see all the photos taken at the meeting. 

Mark J. Fletcher, ENP is Product Manager for Emergency Services at Avaya. Fletch has over 26 years of experience, and was a key author of the NENA MLTS Model Legislation. His blog is on Avaya's site and this week he featured the story of the nation's first 9-1-1. call
 
You can read the blog and/or listen to the podcast.
 

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"The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced more than $40 million in grants to help 911 call centers across the country improve the ability to locate people calling from wireless and internet connected telephones."

Use the read more link to see the amounts awarded per state.

Alabama Next Generation Emergency Network

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