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I have a saying I’ve carried with me for years, one that has become the foundation of everything I do: Share your story every chance you get, because you may not get to share it one day. National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is that chance. And I need you to take it. I didn’t plan […]

It was a December night on the Las Vegas Strip. Christmas was days away, holiday staffing was in effect, and the PSAP was moving at full speed. I was away from my radio trainee, working through a queue of calls, when a hotel security officer came on the line. Multiple fatalities outside. I remember the

When we started Carbyne, we made a bet that most of the industry thought was too early: that cloud-native infrastructure wasn’t just viable for 911, it was the only architecture that could deliver what modern emergency response actually demands. That bet has been vindicated call by call, year by year, deployment by deployment. Agencies that

Assistive Artificial Intelligence for Emergency Communications Why AI Matters in Public Safety AI should support the professionals who already carry the responsibility, especially when resources are stretched thin. Dispatch faster with greater confidence:AI consolidates and surfaces the most important information, avoiding data overload and reducing processing times. Get full incident context:A summaries give officers the

Long-standing pressures on emergency communications are becoming harder to ignore. Incidents like the January Verizon outage left over 1.5 million people in “SOS” mode and raised alerts that 911 access could be impacted, highlighting how sensitive our infrastructure can be even in 2026. At the same time, public expectations are changing fast. A recent survey

When every second counts, communication and coordination can mean the difference between chaos and control. That’s why AT&T’s new FirstNet® Fusion platform marks such a pivotal step forward in public safety communications, and why Carbyne is proud to be part of the technology ecosystem helping make it possible. A New Era of Unified Public Safety

The headlines about AI can sometimes feel like a sci-fi movie. We hear about AI replacing jobs, automating complex tasks, and fundamentally changing the way we live. In public safety, where every second counts and lives are on the line, the idea of AI taking over can be unsettling. But what if AI wasn’t a

Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Product Leadership Award underscores a major shift in public safety – one where cloud-native, AI-powered technologies redefine how 911 centers operate, connect, and save lives. When Frost & Sullivan recognized Carbyne with its 2025 North America Product Leadership Award for excellence in emergency cloud call handling, my first thought was simple:

A Practical Path to Resilient 911 Cybersecurity Every PSAP leader knows the problem. Legacy systems are brittle, costly to maintain, and vulnerable to attack. Yet the idea of replacing them all at once feels overwhelming. Budgets are limited, staff are stretched thin, and downtime is not an option. This tension creates paralysis. Agencies know they

Why Zero Trust Is Public Safety’s Only Defense Against Modern Threats For decades, public safety systems relied on a simple philosophy: build a strong perimeter and trust everything inside it. Firewalls, on-premise servers, and local networks created the illusion of safety. This was the “castle and moat” approach to cybersecurity. That model has collapsed. Attackers