Russ Bassett will be at NENA 2023! If you’re attending the event, we encourage you to stop by our company’s booth, 422. The annual NENA conference is a major professional development event for public safety professionals. In 2023, there will be courses, workshops,...
So you’re finally remodeling or building a new air traffic control facility! You’re excited to get an upgraded space but also worried about the mistakes you may make. You don’t want your new air traffic control tower or radar room to have the same problems as the old...
Control consoles are arguably the most important furniture in a control room. Over the course of long shifts, they can have a major impact on operators’ comfort and productivity. At Russ Bassett, we know that different organizations have different workflows and...
When you’re doing mission-critical work that involves a lot of tech, your team shouldn’t use just any old desks. Your RTCC control room console furniture should be designed for your unique technology needs, people, and 24/7 work environment. Here are a few things to...
At Russ Bassett, we make command consoles for a variety of highly specialized, mission-critical purposes. Our custom command consoles help teams in public safety, air traffic control, security operations, utilities, government, and many other sectors do their best...
Intelligence-led policing is one of the most prominent models for law enforcement today. This model works best when law enforcement has access to plenty of data, such as the data generated by a real-time crime center (RTCC). In this article, we discuss how a...
911 first responders do some of the most important work in our society, but that work comes with a lot of emotional challenges and traumatic experiences. Many first responders struggle with PTSD, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health concerns. We’ve compiled a...
Opening a new real-time crime center (RTCC) can be exciting, but it’s also a lot of work. There are many components that go into creating a comfortable, beautiful, and high-functioning workspace for criminal analysts and other RTCC team members. Your RTCC design team...
Real-time crime centers (RTCCs) are emerging across the U.S. to help law enforcement get better and more timely information as they respond to crime. There is currently no universal model for setting up an RTCC, and many of these new centers cannot find console...
An ETG, or Enhanced Target Generator, is a simulator for training and teaching procedures in a Radar Room. Radar Rooms are typically referred to by either the FAA term, “Terminal Radar Approach Controller (TRACON)” or the military term, “Radar Approach Control...
