New International Alliance Will Accelerate Next Generation Emergency Communications Worldwide
A new pact among public-safety organizations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe will accelerate innovation in the three-digit emergency-communications systems that serve almost 1 billion citizens.
NENA, the 9-1-1 Association that serves the public safety community as a professional organization solely focused on 9-1-1 policy, technology, operations, and education issues, leaders of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, Canada (APCO Canada), the British Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (BAPCO), and the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) pledged to work together to promote the most current and commonly accepted technologies, standards and best practices in the field.