by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 11, 2020 | Comm Center News
IPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) – After more than a year of planning, fire departments across Tippecanoe County are coming together.
Five departments have signed a new “automatic aid” agreement that will soon go into effect.
It’s a measure the departments are taking to help reduce response time during emergencies.
“If you’re having that heart attack or if your house is on fire, you don’t really care if that firetruck has West Lafayette Fire on the side of it or Lafayette Fire,” said Lafayette Fire Department’s Chief Richard Doyle…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 11, 2020 | Jobs
Essential Job Functions:
- Answers emergency and non-emergency telephone lines at the Police Station.
- Gathers information from callers including nature, severity, location and status of emergencies.
- Assesses need for response and dispatches services accordingly.
- Provides pre-arrival medical instructions on medical emergency calls.
- Assists Police Officers and first responders by relaying information regarding calls for service.
- Documents and corrects 911 location premise errors in CAD (Computer Assisted Dispatch)…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 11, 2020 | Jobs
The City of Ventura is accepting applications for the position of Public Safety Dispatcher. The Public Safety Dispatcher is a critical position and is responsible for receiving, screening and responding to incoming emergency and non-emergency calls for police assistance. The position also has the responsibility to dispatchappropriate units as necessary and maintain necessary communication with units during their response to calls. Dispatchers also perform a variety of clerical, record-keeping and general support duties related to communications activities…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
(JUDAH) – Marshall Township Fire Chief Jason Lewis has asked that Marshall Township be provided an automatic mutual aid agreement with Monroe Fire Protection District in Monroe County.
He made the request during last month’s Lawrence County 9-1-1 Board Meeting.
The automatic mutual aid agreement will be for calls of fires and auto accidents in the township. The agreement will benefit Marshall Township during the daytime and on weekdays when the department is short-staffed…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office was awarded national accreditation on July 31, 2020 by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA ®) in the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program. BSO was first accredited on July 31, 2010. This is the agency’s fourth award of national accreditation.
Following a multi-year self-assessment phase and a meticulous site-based assessment of community engagement, policy, procedures, equipment and facilities by CALEA assessors, Colonel Oscar Llerena, Director of Regional Communications Angela Mize, Assistant Director of Regional Communications Tara Thomas and Accreditation Manager Jessica Doriety attended CALEA’s 2020 Virtual Conference. Each agency being reviewed, goes before CALEA’s 21-member Board of Commissioners where the commission reviews all findings and determines the agencies’ accreditation status.
