Improve emergency response performance and record-keeping accuracy with NetClock® GPS time synchronization.
Accurate time-of-day is important in communications centers and public safety answering points (PSAPs) for time stamping events. Without accurate time, different equipment and systems display and record different times. There is no certainty of start/end times for events and tasks and you are left vulnerable to potential litigation. Time synchronization with Legally Traceable Time® is critical for records accuracy and to support legal evidence in court.
A Spectracom NetClock®/GPS master clock and time server automatically keeps all the clocks in a center running exactly on time relative to the worldwide time standards. It offers fully automated time synchronization and eliminates the need for error-prone manual setting of time.
New Challenges for PSAPs Demand Updated Timing Equipment
In response to growth in cell phone and VoIP usage as well as increased risks from terrorism and natural disasters, PSAPs are updating their operations with the latest in equipment and operational practices.
Your center needs the most accurate, secure, reliable, and manageable timing equipment available to synchronize your critical operations:
Taking calls via public telecommunications networks with Wireless Phase 2, or with i2 or i3 for IP networking Disaster planning within the center, or with secondary centers, or with command center vehicles Consolidating operations of police, fire, and EMS call taking and dispatch into a new PSAP Updating equipment and practices for PSAP security per new NENA guidelines and IT guidelines Replacing obsolete equipment to maintain a reliable public safety operation Saving time. Saving Lives.
A prime focus of Public Safety is on the critical “response time” for life-threatening events such as heart-attacks – in essence suggesting that it is a matter of minutes that determine the fate of victims. Studies have shown when dispatch and other recording systems employ synchronized time, the improved records data has resulted in measurable life saving differences to their communities. More than 4,000 PSAPs across North America trust a NetClock master clock and time server to validate 911 event records, improve response times and facilitate interoperability with Legally Traceable Time®.