by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 26, 2020 | Jobs
To establish an Eligible List for the classification of Police/Fire 911 Dispatcher, the City of Middletown will conduct an open competitive examination. All applicants will be required to take a written and listening examination on Saturday, August 22, 2020. Primary responsibilities for this position include receiving, dispatching, and processing calls and messages for police, fire and rescue services. Dispatchers rotate through three separate shifts. Qualified candidates selected for further processing will complete interview, typing exam, background check, polygraph exams, and a psychological assessment. Salary Range: $35,252 to $48,729 annually plus shift differential, opportunity for overtime, and benefits…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
A longtime employee of the city’s emergency service departments has been appointed to lead a newly created public safety office.
Annastasia M. Walker will serve as executive director of the city’s Office of Public Safety Administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday. Walker will be tasked with overseeing “efforts to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and improve administrative functions” across the city’s police and fire departments, as well as the Office of Emergency Management and Communications…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
A dispatcher, a mom and a police officer together helped save a teenage boy’s life in … They’re trying to save her sixteen-year-old son who had a medical emergency while inside riverside homes and stopped breathing I was like god …
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 25, 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 | Jul 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
DODGE COUNTY, Wisc., (SPECTRUM NEWS) – Another Wisconsin county is joining a program that helps dispatchers respond faster to emergencies.
It may be surprising to know that if you call 911 from a cell phone, dispatchers don’t get a specific location.
“Sometimes it might show up with a name, but that’s really all the information we get outside of the number itself,” says Dodge County sheriff Dale Schmidt…
