by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 30, 2020 | Jobs
Responsible for answering emergency and non-emergency calls. Evaluates and disseminates all calls in order of priority. Dispatches appropriate units and follows established protocol. Answers emergency and non-emergency radio traffic and acts as a critical part of every incident by facilitating requests and ensuring procedures and protocols are followed. Enters data into department’s computer-aided dispatch system. Accesses state and federal crime files through the Indiana Data and Communication System (IDACS) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to consolidate its training, dispatch, and emergency operations services due to what they describe as outdated infrastructure, security and safety concerns, and critical space constraints.
The first step is to study the possibility of such a project.
The county’s $908 million fiscal year 2021 budget, which was given approval Sept. 23 by the board of commissioners, includes $1 million in fund balance for a feasibility study that will examine the building of a new state-of-the-art, high-security facility that would house the sheriff office’s dispatch center, a regional use of force training center, the sheriff’s office operations center and the county’s 9/11 emergency operations center…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, encompasses 353 square miles in the southeastern region of the Commonwealth, and it’s Bobby Gelormine’s job to make sure that the city is prepared to handle any emergency. As the Senior Planner for the Chesapeake Fire Department’s Office of Emergency Management, Gelormine helps the city plan for everything from hurricanes and flooding to terrorism and other man-made disasters. The city’s five police precincts and 15 fire stations are staffed by nearly a thousand public safety employees to protect its 240,000 citizens…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
Kershaw County’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of a new, purpose-built FirstNet cell site and other network enhancements. This new infrastructure is a part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place across the state, bringing increased coverage, capacity and capabilities for public safety…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
On Monday, Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) Sec. Jonathan Satter announced almost $860,000 in grant awards to Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Sumter, Walton, and Washington Counties through the E911 State Grant Program.
Since January, DMS has awarded more than $6 million in funds to Florida counties to modernize Florida’s public safety communications systems…
