Editors Note
Engaging a Rapid Response
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Oct 01, 2017
There is more than one reason why
emergency vehicles have lights
and sirens. Several years ago, there
was a campaign by the Ohio state
fire marshal which was, “Move right for
lights and sirens.” This makes a lot of sense,
allowing emergency response to get where
they need to be with minimum interference.
Today, there is much more involved than
lights and sirens. Back then, there was no
such thing as cloud storage. Today, cloud
applications are meaningful and necessary
for government applications.
Our cover story in this issue is from
Nicholas Maier or RedSky, and he talks
about the necessity of finding ways to
improve response times. Taking a step back,
the government created the 911 system. That
was back in 1968. Today, a new standard is
part of emergency response, and it resides in
the cloud.
The cloud is key because there is text
911, video streaming of 911 events, dynamic
geo-spatial routing of 911 calls, all of which
require a new architecture. The call routing
will be routed by cloud-based applications,
which is important because when a caller
rings up 911, a database will capture the
location of the caller, and it will appear on
the emergency dispatcher’s screen. This is a
great story that will help explain real-time
emergency response.
Our Lindsay Page spent some time
with ASSA ABLOY’s Jeff Huggins to better
understand and provide information on
how to grow your business. Doing business
with the government can be challenging, but
never fear, there are experts who have done
this successfully for years.
Huggins, who was interviewed for this story,
will walk you, the reader, through the GSA
letter of supply, and how it will benefit you if
you want to be a government supplier. Huggins
and his team of two others staff members are
relatively new to the ASSA ABLOY group, but
clearly understand numerous solutions that
apply to the government, and will benefit the
manufacturer.
Also important to government security is
city security, and how the Hartford, Conn.,
Police Department (HPD) established its
Real-time Crime Center and Data Intelligence
Center. As seen all too often lately, keeping a
handle on crime and criminal activities in
the city is a difficult task. How did they pay
for it? HPD used various grants and other
available monies, all of which you can help
an end-user find and secure.
This article originally appeared in the October 2017 issue of Security Today.
About the Author
Ralph C. Jensen is the Publisher/Editor in chief of Security Today magazine.