by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
With summer wildfire season in full swing and more preemptive power shutoffs looming this fall, a report by the Mendocino County Grand Jury urges county officials to ensure its Emergency Communications System will perform as needed.
“The system is experiencing an ever-increasing failure rate causing loss of communication between emergency responders,” states the report from the 2019-2020 Mendocino County Civil Grand Jury titled “The Emergency Communication System in Mendocino County: Protecting Life, Health, Safety and Welfare…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office Communications Center has successfully earned national accreditation — for the first time ever.
This award, secured after months of review and site assessment by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), means the Communications Center is on the path to become one of the best in the country.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
he FCC has denied petitions by public safety and utility organizations to stay its decision to open up the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed WiFi use pending judicial review.
In an order issued Thursday, from Ronald Repasi, acting chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology, the FCC said that neither the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) nor the Association of PublicSafety Communications Officials-International, Inc (APCO) had shown they were likely to win their case on the merits, had not shown their members would suffer irreparable harm absent a stay, had not shown that others would not be harmed by a stay, or that the stay was in the public interest, all of which boxes need to be checked to earn a stay…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
As another step in ARRL’s increased focus on strengthening its emergency communications capabilities and long-standing working relationships with federal and state agencies and private emergency response organizations, ARRL has hired Paul Z. Gilbert, KE5ZW, of Cedar Park, Texas, as its first Director of Emergency Management.
Gilbert brings more than 30 years of experience in public service in both his professional and amateur radio endeavors…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
PRINCETON — Despite Bureau County’s 911 Tower being one of Monday’s storm casualties, the 911 dispatch operations are up and running.
Bureau County Sheriff’s Office Commander Jim Shipp reported to the county board on Tuesday that despite the storm taking out the tower and roof of BuEComm, a concerted effort by local and state agencies had emergency dispatch operating with hardly a hiccup.
