CAD Archives - Caliber Public Safety

Public Safety Software and National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

Public safety software supports first responders across the country in keeping your community safer, facilitating the dispatch of appropriate personnel to emergencies, and keeping first responders (including police, fire, and EMS personnel) aware of dangers they may face. This makes public safety software, such as the computer-aided dispatch and records management software Caliber Public Safety provides, immensely important. But did you know that there is an entire week devoted to celebrating those who use public safety [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2023-04-10T11:42:33-04:00April 10th, 2023|CAD, Caliber News, Mobile, NPSTW, Online RMS, PocketCop|Comments Off

911 CAD Systems: Supporting Dedicated 911 Professionals

A tour of a typical 911 center, the type of site that boasts a 911 CAD system like the ones Caliber Public Safety offers, will include a few things you’d expect. There are large synchronized time displays, which represent network-synchronized time across the 911 call center’s network. There are workstations at which call-takers and dispatchers do their work. There are support personnel in their various offices. And there will usually be a small, dimly lighted room. [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2023-04-04T14:05:02-04:00February 8th, 2023|CAD, Caliber News|Comments Off

Computer Aided Dispatch: What Does It Have To Do with National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day?

Computer Aided Dispatch: What Does It Have To Do with National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day? When you think of law enforcement, you probably don’t immediately think of Computer Aided Dispatch. But Computer Aided Dispatch is a huge part of the daily lives and work of United States’ hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers. There is no better time to recognize just how difficult these officers’ jobs can be… and how Computer Aided Dispatch helps keep [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2023-04-04T14:11:41-04:00January 9th, 2023|CAD, Caliber News|Comments Off

Caliber Public Safety is first in the nation to implement RapidSOS Alerts in its mission-critical CAD NG solution

Caliber Public Safety is once again redefining the future of Next Generation emergency telecommunications with their latest CAD integration with RapidSOS Alerts. Caliber Public Safety announced today they are the first CAD company in the nation to integrate RapidSOS Alerts into their Caliber CAD NG solution. Alerts is a RapidSOS feature that enables monitoring companies to communicate directly with Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) without the need for a phone call. x Through the RapidSOS Alerts API [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2023-04-04T14:18:41-04:00April 21st, 2022|CAD, Caliber News, Press Releases|Comments Off

The island of Guam is transforming its Emergency Response capabilities with Next Generation 9-1-1 technology and Caliber’s state-of-the-art Computer Aided Dispatch and first responder Mobile solutions.

As the westernmost point and Territory of the United States, Guam’s unofficial motto is “Where America’s Day Begins.” It will also be where the first 9-1-1 calls on a calendar day will be dispatched using Caliber’s Computer-Aided Dispatch solutions. After a thorough evaluation process, the Guam Fire Department (GFD) announced the award and notice to proceed with Tyto Government Solutions (Tyto) to upgrade from the existing obsolete E9-1-1 system and deliver Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) equipment, [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2023-04-04T14:33:28-04:00November 12th, 2021|CAD, Caliber News, Mobile, Press Releases|Comments Off

GIS is at the center of NG911

With NG911, a call won’t even get to a PSAP until it has been touched in some way by GIS. With the increasing priority on data quality and new standards for GIS data, our team wanted to share some practical tips and tricks to help you on your journey. GIS Tips and Tricks Did you know that compressing (zipping) map files in a .zip file over 2 gigs can corrupt the files? If you must compress [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2022-08-19T16:42:44-04:00August 17th, 2021|CAD, Caliber News, GIS|Comments Off

A Year In Review: 2020 highlights

January just flew by, 2021 is already off to a great start! It's clear everyone is feeling recharged and energetic after the holiday season - ready to take on the new year! 2020 was a wild ride, no doubt there. But despite all the hurdles and disruptions, we were able to find new growth, develop ground-breaking features, and set a new standard for what's possible. Here’s some of the highlights from last year… Forensic Advantage [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2023-04-04T14:43:30-04:00January 29th, 2021|CAD, Caliber News, Mobile, RMS|Comments Off

New app deployed in Lebanon High School Indiana to increase communications between school officials and emergency services – making students safer

This year, Indiana’s Lebanon High School partnered with Caliber Public Safety in the finalization and implementation of the new FirstAlert system, yet another groundbreaking solution from Caliber that innovates reimagines, and streamlines the way citizens and first responders communicate. Literally, at the touch of a button, FirstAlert communicates to the local 911 center the type of emergency and location, so that emergency telecommunicators instantly know what type of response is needed, and where to send them. [...]

By Jake St. Cyr|2023-04-04T14:48:06-04:00September 18th, 2020|CAD, Caliber News, School Safety|Comments Off

Are you ready for the SSSG grant application?

The FY21 Secured School Safety Grant application will be opening very soon. Applying schools should familiarize themselves with the grant guidelines and have all necessary reference materials before beginning the application. The FY21 performance period will remain from Sept. 1, 2020, to Aug. 31, 2021. A Notice of Funding Opportunity will be distributed once the online application is live. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security requests all organizations verify their IntelliGrants accounts by 4 p.m. ET [...]

By smacklin|2023-04-04T14:58:24-04:00June 26th, 2020|CAD, Caliber News|Comments Off