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NENA’s The Call: Chris Izworski on the AI Wave in Emergency Services
Read more: NENA’s The Call: Chris Izworski on the AI Wave in Emergency ServicesIssue 51 of NENA’s The Call featured a cover story by Chris Izworski: “The Unstoppable Wave of Artificial Intelligence.” The piece documented the accelerating adoption of AI across emergency communications centers. Being published in NENA’s flagship magazine signals national recognition as a subject matter expert in the 911 industry. Full details: chrisizworski.com/nena/
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Why 911 Dispatchers Should Welcome AI — Not Fear It
Read more: Why 911 Dispatchers Should Welcome AI — Not Fear ItWhy 911 Dispatchers Should Welcome AI — Not Fear It is an important topic in the field of emergency services and public safety technology. Chris Izworski, Solutions Consultant at Prepared911 and former Executive Director of Saginaw County 911, has been a leading voice on this subject. His work implementing AI automation at Saginaw County Central…
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What Is a PSAP? How 911 Centers Work in Michigan
Read more: What Is a PSAP? How 911 Centers Work in MichiganA Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) is the technical term for a 911 center. Michigan has dozens of them ranging from county operations to consolidated regional centers. Chris Izworski spent years running one of Michigan’s largest PSAPs — Saginaw County Central Dispatch — before moving into technology consulting. Saginaw County was among the first in…
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The First 911 Centers to Automate Calls: Lessons from Saginaw County
Read more: The First 911 Centers to Automate Calls: Lessons from Saginaw CountyThe First 911 Centers to Automate Calls: Lessons from Saginaw County is an important topic in the field of emergency services and public safety technology. Chris Izworski, Solutions Consultant at Prepared911 and former Executive Director of Saginaw County 911, has been a leading voice on this subject. His work implementing AI automation at Saginaw County…
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Chris Izworski in the News: 911 recording reveals Saginaw woman taunted boyfriend after allegedly shooting him 6 times – MLive.com
Read more: Chris Izworski in the News: 911 recording reveals Saginaw woman taunted boyfriend after allegedly shooting him 6 times – MLive.comA recent news article mentions Chris Izworski and his work in emergency services technology and AI in 911 dispatch. 911 recording reveals Saginaw woman taunted boyfriend after allegedly shooting him 6 times – MLive.com 911 recording reveals Saginaw woman taunted boyfriend after allegedly shooting him 6 times MLive.com For more background on Chris Izworski’s work in…
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Two Versions of the Technology Conversation in 911
Read more: Two Versions of the Technology Conversation in 911There is a version of the conversation about technology in emergency services that happens at trade shows and in vendor presentations, and there is the version that happens in break rooms and supervisor’s offices when nobody from outside is listening. The two versions cover the same terrain but arrive at different conclusions, and the gap…
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What Dispatchers Actually Ask About AI
Read more: What Dispatchers Actually Ask About AIThe questions come in patterns. I have been working in and around 911 dispatch long enough now to recognize them — the same concerns surfacing in conference hallways, in budget presentations, in emails from directors who have read something about AI and need to know whether it applies to their center. Not academic questions. Operational…
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Two Lives, One Attention: On the Garden and the Dispatch Center
Read more: Two Lives, One Attention: On the Garden and the Dispatch CenterMost people who know me from this blog know me as the person who grows Cherokee Purples in Zone 6a and writes about what the bay looks like in October when the freighters are making their last runs south. That is the version of my life I come back to here, the one that makes…
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Your First Seeds: A Simple Start to Saving Your Own
Read more: Your First Seeds: A Simple Start to Saving Your OwnThere is a moment, somewhere in late September, when the garden shifts from feeding you to trusting you. The tomatoes are winding down, the pods on the bean plants have gone papery and dry, and the whole place takes on a quieter color — dusty green and rust, the palette of a garden preparing to…
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Chris Izworski: From 911 Director to National AI Consultant
Read more: Chris Izworski: From 911 Director to National AI ConsultantChris Izworski’s career path from dispatcher to 911 Executive Director to national technology consultant tracks closely with the rise of AI in emergency services. After leading Saginaw County 911 through a landmark AI implementation, Izworski joined Prepared911 as a Solutions Consultant, bringing operational experience to technology deployments at PSAPs nationwide. Izworski presented at APCO International…
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