by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Public safety should retain control of its 50 MHz of 4.9 GHz spectrum—airwaves that the FCC is considering for at least some commercial use—through an allocation to the FirstNet Authority, according to the newly formed Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA).
“We’re concerned that public safety is going to lose spectrum that we might need,” Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chairman of the FirstNet Authority, said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. “[The PSSA was] created to provide a voice to public safety, saying, ‘We think that the 4.9 GHz spectrum needs to remain with public safety’—that’s Position 1…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 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 our Communications Center is on the path to become one of the best in the country…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2020 | Comm Center News
America’s 9-1-1 professionals are coming together to demonstrate their continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, starting with the formation of a task force to examine these issues within NENA: The 9-1-1 Association and the greater 9-1-1 community.
NENA is accepting applications for its new Diversity & Inclusion Special Committee, which will explore how NENA, as an organization, and 9-1-1, as a public-safety service, can better support under-represented populations in this field…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 5, 2020 | Jobs
Shelby County Sheriff’s Department is hiring for a Communications Officer/911 Dispatcher. This position is full-time and comes with a complete benefits package including perf retirement. Hire-in hourly rate is $17.07 and will go up to $18.16+ at 1-year anniversary. Please view the posting and application at www.shelbycounty73.us (Click on the Human Resources link)…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 5, 2020 | Comm Center News
Jefferson County 911 and Emergency Management have spent the past year responding to their own emergency: creating enough office space to do their jobs to the fullest of their abilities.
Dispatch spent the month of July settling into its new home at the Jefferson County Public Safety Center on Green Road — a three-part office for 911, the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and space to house certain courthouse records — and planned to be fully operational in the new center June 23, but software glitches in the new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system caused delays while the department worked to make things right…
