By Sharla Sikes
The Houston-Galveston Area Council recently awarded Positron Public Safety Systems, a division of IPC, a multi-million dollar contract for the company to administer H-GAC’s emergency response system.
The new six-year contract requires Positron to engineer, maintain and service the Positron Voice over IP for Emergency Response solution for the area. H-GAC has a population of about 5.4 million and covers 12,500 square miles.The company’s services must meet the E9-1-1 needs of H-GAC’s 23 Public Safety Answering Points covering an eight-county area. The new equipment includes the Positron VIPER, Power 911Power MAP, Power MISePrinter, Positron Sentry, Centralized GIS, and Regional MIS.
The turn-key system will allow easy additions with the creation of remote sites.
“We are honored to continue meeting the evolving needs of the Houston-Galveston Area Council and that we’re able to continue our legacy of bringing the best technology to a 10+ year relationship,” said Darrin J. Reilly, President of Positron Public Safety Systems. “Positron’s focus on leading edge technology coupled with unmatched service enables customers like H-GAC to have a ’single point of contact’ which sets new standards in the industry. We are proud to be the go-to organization for all of H-GAC’s E9-1-1 related solutions.”
H-GAC has been a customer of Positron for 10 years. Its decision to contract with Positron is based on Positron’s customer support, technology, ability to support large installations and the company’s reputation.
















hope there is no cost envolve!