Understanding the public safety industry: It’s easier than ever!
EENA is happy to announce that the 2nd edition of the ‘The “who-is-who” handbook in the public safety industry” is here! Do you want to get a clear overview of public safety solutions available on the market? Looking for partners in the emergency services industry? Then […]
#EENA2017- Have a sneak peak at our innovative programme!
We are very happy to announce that the provisional programme of the EENA Conference 2017 is now available! Our 2017 edition will take place on 5-7 April in beautiful Budapest, Hungary. Over 600 participants are expected to join us from around 50 countries from Europe but also […]
Interoperability testing in emergency communications
In the field of emergency communications, few words create as big of a buzz as ‘interoperability’. One of the key motives for the development of emergency communication standards is to facilitate interoperability between products in a multi-vendor, multi-network and multi-service environment. Standards need to ensure that products and services complying with them do, indeed, […]
‘Twitter class’ for emergency services – Webinar
The use of social media, especially Twitter, during emergencies has seen a huge increase in recent years. This trend is also followed by emergency services and public safety officials, who see a great potential in this tool. But challenges still exist. Understanding Twitter's full capabilities, what it can do during emergency situations, as well as […]
Report update: EENA progress on the actions agreed during ‘EENA Members Workshop’ 2015
It has been almost 1 year since the EENA Members Workshop took place on 19-20 October 2015. For 2 days, EENA Members worked in 15 workshops on technical, operational and legal aspects of topics related to the emergency communications field. After the event, EENA published a report summarising the work undertaken by EENA Members, as […]
EU #telecoms: What’s a stronger word for ‘disappointment’?
14 September 2016 – The European Commission unveiled today its proposal for the update of the telecommunications framework legislation. Its lack of ambition is disappointing. The unmotivated provisions on emergency services in the proposal (Article 102) neither benefit from today’s technologies nor address today’s problems. Close to […]
EENA-DJI partnership: Preliminary findings show great potential
Read below the press release of our partner DJI, regarding the preliminary findings of our common project. DJI, the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles, said Thursday that early search and rescue tests have found that a properly-equipped drone can find a missing person in a one-square-kilometer area within 20 minutes, more than […]
A US internet giant is doing what the EU refused to do to improve emergency calls
The European Commission is missing a big chance to give the emergency number 112 a needed boost, writes Gary Machado. How is it possible that the EU managed to do so much to get rid of roaming fees but so little to fix some technical problems with the […]
#AttentatNice : Assez ! Un système efficace d’alerte à la population doit être mis en place
Aujourd’hui, dans le contexte de l’attentat tragique survenu à Nice, de nombreux articles de presse évoquent les défaillances du système d’alerte à la population utilisé en France. Depuis trop longtemps, l’EENA demande aux autorités responsables de mettre en place un système d’alerte à la population efficace. Depuis trop longtemps, cette demande est ignorée. En 2008 […]
#NiceAttack: Enough is enough! We need an efficient public warning system
Version française disponible ICI. Today, in the aftermath of the tragic attack in Nice, many articles mention the failures of the emergency alert system in France (1). For too many years, the European Emergency Number Association has been calling on relevant authorities to mandate an efficient public warning system. For too many years, those […]