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TiPS Episode 25 1231 - Incidents That NEVER Happened (almost . . . )
Nothing went wrong this year.
No major outage.
No catastrophic failure.
No after-action report.
But in public safety, the most dangerous incidents are often the ones that almost happen — and then quietly disappear.
In this year-end episode of TiPS: Today in Public Safety, Fletch takes a hard look at near-misses in emergency communications and why they represent one of the biggest blind spots in modern PSAP and ECC operations.
From calls that barely routed correctly…
to GIS data that was wrong — but lucky…
to failovers that worked just long enough…
Near-misses don’t show up in the headlines, but they reveal cracks in systems, dependencies, and assumptions that can’t be ignored.
This episode explores:
Why near-misses are often dismissed instead of documented
How NG911 has made failures quieter — and harder to see
The difference between being resilient and being lucky
Why “nothing happened” may be the most dangerous outcome of all
As we close out 2025 and look toward 2026, this episode challenges leaders, technologists, and call takers alike to ask a different question:
Not “What went wrong?” — but “What almost did?”
Because the incident that never happened is often the one trying hardest to happen next.
Copyright ©2025 Fletch911, LLC Media Productions
http://Fletch911.com
REMEMBER : NEW EPISODES are published each week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning - usually around 8AM on"Fletch's LinkedIn page [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/fletch911/ ]
For Fletch's Blogs, see his Wordpress Site at [ http://Fletch.TV ]
and you can follow him on Social Media (such as X) @Fletch911
For NG911 Consulting Services - you can reach Fletch through Fletch 911, LLC at http://Fletch911.com
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Nothing went wrong this year.
No major outage.
No catastrophic failure.
No after-action report.
But in public safety, the most dangerous incidents are often the ones that almost happen — and then quietly disappear.
In this year-end episode of TiPS: Today in Public Safety, Fletch takes a hard look at near-misses in emergency communications and why they represent one of the biggest blind spots in modern PSAP and ECC operations.
From calls that barely routed correctly…
to GIS data that was wrong — but lucky…
to failovers that worked just long enough…
Near-misses don’t show up in the headlines, but they reveal cracks in systems, dependencies, and assumptions that can’t be ignored.
This episode explores:
Why near-misses are often dismissed instead of documented
How NG911 has made failures quieter — and harder to see
The difference between being resilient and being lucky
Why “nothing happened” may be the most dangerous outcome of all
As we close out 2025 and look toward 2026, this episode challenges leaders, technologists, and call takers alike to ask a different question:
Not “What went wrong?” — but “What almost did?”
Because the incident that never happened is often the one trying hardest to happen next.
Copyright ©2025 Fletch911, LLC Media Productions
http://Fletch911.com
REMEMBER : NEW EPISODES are published each week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning - usually around 8AM on"Fletch's LinkedIn page [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/fletch911/ ]
For Fletch's Blogs, see his Wordpress Site at [ http://Fletch.TV ]
and you can follow him on Social Media (such as X) @Fletch911
For NG911 Consulting Services - you can reach Fletch through Fletch 911, LLC at http://Fletch911.com