CITIG status report on NG9-1-1

The Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group (CITIG) has released a status report on Next Generation (NG) 9-1-1, a technology that it considers to be a top priority for public safety organisations.

The document provides a high-level overview of the issue, the Canadian context, recommendations and the work of bodies such as the APCO Canada and the Canadian Division of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA).

The report primarily focuses on results and recommendations from the NG9-1-1 National Governance and Coordination Workshop held in June. However, the report also lists outstanding items identified in the CITIG response to a Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) consultation, as well as outreach efforts made through Action NG9-1-1.

Also available on the CITIG site are presentations from the recent Canada-USA Cross Border Interoperability Workshops. Many highly placed experts and government policy makers - Richard Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister of Yukon Protective Services; Dennis Berry, Yukon Fire Marshall; and Chief Superintendent Peter Clark, Commanding Officer, RCMP Yukon, to name just a few - attended and spoke about interoperability issues that affect public safety organisations.

Lance Valcour, executive director of CITIG, will present the keynote address at the Comms Connect 2013 conference in Melbourne in November.