Southwest Missouri Council of Governments - Public Safety Sector |
Southwest Missouri Council of Governments - Public Safety Sector
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As your sector representative indicated, the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (SMCOG) is working with the Missouri MoBroadbandNow project, which is part of a five year initiative launched by Governor Nixon in 2009 to facilitate broadband expansion throughout Missouri.
MoBroadbandNow seeks to expand broadband, or high speed internet, accessibility and adoption in our area to empower the public safety sector to enable first-responders and emergency personnel to arrive on scene with up-to-date maps, building plans and utility information; enable treatment of the sick and injured to be more effective in the field; provide more timely assistance to law enforcement from citizens; enable broadband to be used as a means of communication when usual means of communication like cell phones and radios aren’t possible, and much more.
To be successful, the MoBroadbandNow project needs to have a fuller understanding of how the public safety sector in our region would like to use broadband, and the barriers and challenges that you face in integrating it into your community.
In order to do that, we are engaging in an effort to identify broadband needs at the local level. Specifically, in this survey, we want to find out the attitudes, opinions, needs and interests of stakeholders in public safety. The thoughts of this group will be shared with the Southwest Missouri Regional Technology Planning Team (RTPT) which is tasked with considering ways, and crafting a strategic plan, to create broadband opportunities and address the needs of our region.
MoBroadbandNow seeks to expand broadband, or high speed internet, accessibility and adoption in our area to empower the public safety sector to enable first-responders and emergency personnel to arrive on scene with up-to-date maps, building plans and utility information; enable treatment of the sick and injured to be more effective in the field; provide more timely assistance to law enforcement from citizens; enable broadband to be used as a means of communication when usual means of communication like cell phones and radios aren’t possible, and much more.
To be successful, the MoBroadbandNow project needs to have a fuller understanding of how the public safety sector in our region would like to use broadband, and the barriers and challenges that you face in integrating it into your community.
In order to do that, we are engaging in an effort to identify broadband needs at the local level. Specifically, in this survey, we want to find out the attitudes, opinions, needs and interests of stakeholders in public safety. The thoughts of this group will be shared with the Southwest Missouri Regional Technology Planning Team (RTPT) which is tasked with considering ways, and crafting a strategic plan, to create broadband opportunities and address the needs of our region.