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Every week or so, we hear of another planned PSAP consolidation. And… it makes total sense from a technological and economic standpoint. What’s behind all this? Before the Internet and the smartphone revolutions, the emphasis was on the call taker’s personal familiarity with the local environment – knowing the street names, and where the schools […]

The very first question that a 911 Call Taker will ask you when you call is “where is your emergency?” First responders can only help you if they know where you are. Unfortunately, location is the most challenging aspect of a 911 call…until now. Thanks to the proliferation of cell phones and iOT devices, we […]

Picture this: A young girl, walking down a dark alley, sees a figure following her from behind. Nervous, she clutches her handbag closer to her body and feels around for the pepper spray that she keeps in there. Unable to find it, her pace quickens until she is eventually running for her life. The dark […]

In the business of saving lives, every single second count. For emergency services and first responders, a traffic jam can be the difference between life and death. Every 911 Communication Center does its hardest to reduce the time it takes for first responders to arrive on the scene. In many cases, emergency services are slaves […]

CALL TAKERS IN THEIR PSAP’S How video technology impacts the public safety industry and helps save lives The world has changed. Video permeate every aspect of our lives and is a key component in many elements of public safety. CCTV, body cameras, and patrol cameras are just a few of the different ways that the […]

Public safety communications have not changed much since the first emergency call was made on 30th June 1937 in London. Back then, the 999 services only operated within 12 miles and wouldn’t cover the entire UK until 39 years later in 1976. However, the devices that we use to communicate with emergency services, be they […]

2017 was an incredible year for Carbyne and 2018 looks to be even better. Around the world, we continued our partnerships with different emergency services organizations and public safety agencies. We are pleased that every single call made through our technology delivered a decreased time to dispatch, greater understanding for Call Takers, and instant location […]

“ Going from an error rate of 25 meters in GPS to 2.5 meters is huge. Going to 25 centimeters is going to matter just as much “ Astro Teller Cast your mind back 21 years ago. It’s hard to imagine it, but it was only in 1996 that Global Positioning Systems, GPS, was declared […]

As Houston recovers from the disaster of Hurricane Harvey, a once in a 500-year storm, three other major weather events making their way from the Atlantic Ocean up to the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Irma and Tropical Storms Jose and Katia are estimated to cause substantial damage to Florida and surrounding areas. The storms have […]