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P: Verizon Partner to Help Improve Interoperability for First Responders
Verizon and Mutualink Partner to Help Improve Interoperability for First Responders Today, Verizon announced a new strategic partnership with Mutualink, making Mutualink’s interoperability-as-a-service solutions available directly through Verizon. Together, Verizon and Mutualink are helping improve crisis response by enabling interoperable agency communications and information sharing for devices across different networks, ensuring first responders, public safety agencies, and private security personnel can share critical information when they need it most. Mutualink is the leader in secure,...
B: School Violence Prevention Program Grant
The COPS Office STOP School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) NOW EXTENDED: The COPS Office has extended the application deadline for the FY20 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) from April 8, 2020 to April 29, 2020 at 7:59 p.m. EDT due to the potential impact of jurisdictional emergency responses to COVID-19 that may cause reasonable delays for applicants. SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM (SVPP) • Purpose - Provide funding to improve security at schools and on school grounds through the...
B: Communication Gaps in Emergency Response
Communication Gaps in the Emergency Response Community This blog contains excerpts from Gap Assessment in the Emergency Response Community published in September 2010 by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, along with the viewpoint of the writer of this blog. To read the full report, please visit: https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-19782.pdf Why do emergency response agencies regularly encounter operational communication gaps? This question consistently plagues and challenges today's preparedness and response organizations in ...
B: Interoperable Communications Essential for COVID-19 Response
Confronting Paper Thin Realities: Toilet Paper & Luca’s Dead Sister How Interoperable Communications Is Essential but Overlooked in the COVID-19 Pandemic According to media reports[1] in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Luca Franzese’s sister, Teresa, died from a coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Naples, Italy. Under house quarantine, he called the city for help, but nobody knew what to do. The funeral home wasn’t cooperating and didn’t know what to do either. Her decaying...
B: Count on Us During the Coronavirus Response
Count on Us During the Coronavirus Response As our nation deals with the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak, you can count on us to be at your side. We serve those who are on the frontlines helping those in need, including emergency management, public safety and healthcare providers. Mutualink stands ready, willing and able to assist you at any time, day or night. You are connected to the largest network of government, public safety and private security organizations...
P: Dallas ISD Discusses Safety and Security Investments Available with Potential Bond Package
Dallas ISD Board Hears Remarks from School Security Professional DALLAS, TX — On Tuesday, members of the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees continued their discussions and review of options for a 2020 education bond package. While the Board is still considering plans that range from $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion, all proposals include important investments in school safety and security improvements. With the rate of emergency events in our schools on the rise,...
P: Dickinson ISD Leadership: Importance of Texas School Safety
Texas School Administration Conference in Austin AUSTIN, TX — Dickinson ISD Assistant Superintendent Robert Cobb, in partnership with the nation’s leading interoperable communications company Mutualink, attended the Texas Association for School Administrators (TASA) Midwinter Conference in Austin this week to lead a lecture on a topic at the forefront of the minds of so many school leaders, teachers, and parents: school safety. The TASA Midwinter Conference has become the most popular conference of the year for Texas...
P: Mutualink Adds AT&T Veteran Tina Chester to Key Management Position
Industry Leader Tina Chester Joins to Accelerate Growth and Expand Market Reach Mutualink, Inc., a leader in interoperable communications for homeland security, public safety and private security, is pleased to announce that AT&T veteran Tina Chester joins the company as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Sales, contributing to business strategies to deliver Mutualink’s mission for safe, interconnected communities. Tina Chester brings over 30 years of telecommunications experience to this role leading the sales team and...
B: Lessons Learned from Tragedy
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Final Report Given the recent publication of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission’s final report, it is clear that school administrators and law enforcement officials continue to grapple with achieving levels of communication that enable them to respond to threats to the health and welfare of their faculty and student community. In the wake of the grave communication breakdowns described in the MSDPSC final report, a comprehensive all-hazards approach...
Joe Mazzarella Appointed Mutualink President
January 7, 2020 WALLINGFORD, Conn.--Mutualink, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has appointed Joe Mazzarella as Mutualink President. Mark Hatten will continue in his current role as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Mazzarella previously served as Mutualink’s General Counsel and Senior Vice President and, most recently, assumed management responsibility for Mutualink’s sales, marketing and government relations functions in addition to managing legal affairs. “We are fortunate to have someone...
Senate committee explores how Texans can prevent mass violence
Texas Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Meets Thank you to Wes Rapaport for speaking with Mutualink's Solutions Executive in Texas, Devra Kelly, last week in Austin to discuss the legislature's focus on solving mass violence in Texas. In addition to Texas Department of Public Safety, several county public safety agencies and school districts use Mutualink's interoperability platform to improve communications and information sharing. The solution connects disparate radio systems within and agency, and also...
Texas Schools Could Be Helped by Communications Platform
Communications Platform Used by Dept. of Homeland Security Could Help Texas Schools Respond in an Emergency DALLAS, TX — This week, Texas School Administrators and Texas School Boards gathered for their annual convention at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas. On the minds of many: school safety. And in the wake of recent tragedies in across Texas, school leaders are looking for ways not only to prevent a school shooting, but how to...
