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2017 Fall Meeting for New Jersey NENA

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The 2017 Fall Meeting of NJ NENA – November 1, 8:30 AM
Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office

2500 Kozloski Rd, Freehold, NJ 07728

0830 – 0930: Registration and Continental Breakfast

0930: NJ-NENA Update / Gareth Williams

1045: NJ OETS Update / Michael Morgan

1130: Overview of the First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet) final state plan for New Jersey for the deployment of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network.  NJOHSP and FirstNet will highlight the plan’s implications, to include wireless coverage, priority and preemption, cost, security, applications, BYOD, a deployment schedule, and next steps. This presentation is tailored for the entire public safety community, to include elected officials, chief information officers, emergency operations center and 911 communications center personnel, and first responders – law enforcement, fire, EMS and offices of emergency management.

Steven Talpas, Chief, Interoperable Communications Bureau, will be providing the NJOHSP portion of the presentation, and David Cook, FirstNet Region 2 Lead will be presenting on FirstNet.

There is no cost to attend the meeting.  For NENA members only

Sponsorship Opportunities: Sponsors must be NENA members –

  1. Table – $300 with 5 minute presentation 
  2. Breakfast $600 with 10 minute presentation
  3. Main $800 with 20 minute presentation

FCC REPORT: 911 and Enhanced 911 Fees and Charges

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The Federal Communications Commission recently released a report on state collection and distribution of 9-1-1 fees.  The State of New Jersey collects a “9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Fee”.  In the FCC report, on page 61, a chart explains that the State of New Jersey collects $122,632,000.00 of which $110,278,000.00 is diverted. That is 89.9 percent of 9-1-1 funds collected.

An excerpt from the report:

“New Jersey reported that it did not divert or transfer any collected funds. However, it reported that it collected a total of $122.6 million in 911 fees and, in accordance with New Jersey statute (P.L.2004, c.48), the total was “deposited into the 911 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund account and applied to offset a portion of the cost of related programs.” According to New Jersey, with respect to 911 specific costs, approximately $13,122,000.00 was applied to “the Statewide 911 Emergency Telephone System” and $900,000 was applied to “the Office of Emergency Telecommunications Service.” New Jersey applied the remainder of $110,278,000.00 to offset costs related to programs within the New Jersey Departments of Law and Public Safety and Military and Veterans’ Affairs.”

Click Here to view the Full Report

New Jersey NENA 2017 Conference and Trade Show

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When:  Tuesday, April 11, 2017 – Thursday, April 13, 2017

The New Jersey Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association is New Jersey’s premier conference on 911 and emergency response. The conference will once again be at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City.  Register soon as this conference will fill up fast.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATIONS

Bonnie Hueg Memorial Scholarship

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The deadline to submit an application is: February 1, 2016

The New Jersey Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) offers scholarships to current professionals who might not otherwise be able to attend the NJ NENA Annual Conference.  Awards are based on the appropriateness of the educational opportunity related to the applicant’s job, contributions of the applicant to his/her community and to NJ NENA.  Scholarships will be awarded to cover the cost of attending the NJ NENA Annual Conference as well as 2 nights in the Conference Hotel.  Scholarship recipients MUST be current NENA members.