by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin Dells Police Department are receiving grants of $102,636.19 and $72,921, respectively, for the implementation of Next-Gen-911 equipment.
“The Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) awarded 24 grant projects totaling $2.1 million in federal funding to local public safety answering points (PSAPs) across Wisconsin,” said Andrew Beckett with the Office of Emergency Communications…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 10, 2020 | Articles
Although the questions around staffing and overtime at Meriden’s emergency dispatch center are far from settled, City Manager Tim Coon says there’s one thing on which both the city and the union are in agreement: that staffing shortages need to be resolved.
Beyond that, though, the discussion descends into charges and countercharges.
The union says dispatchers are working 72 to 88 hours per week. “We have tried repeatedly to engage management in fixing the problem, and we have tried to be part of…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 10, 2020 | Jobs
Under general supervision, to provide lead supervision, work coordination and scheduling,
limited counseling, and training for assigned dispatching staff; to receive emergency and non-emergency calls for service via 911, radio, telephone and other communications media; to dispatch law enforcement, fire, and other public safety personnel and equipment; to provide telecommunications support and incident coordination for field units; to serve as complaint taker for the City of Merced 911 Public Safety Answering Point; and assist with other non- emergency responsibilities when assigned; to perform general office support assignments; and to do related work as required or assigned. This is a non-sworn position…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
AIKEN, SC (WRDW/WAGT) – An all-new I-Team investigation begins with a heart attack — a mother collapses on the floor. Her family, knowing seconds count, begins CPR and dials Aiken County 911.
The I-Team obtained this 911 call from that day. The dispatcher only sent one first responder instead of two, violating policy for emergency response to a heart attack victim. We uncovered that this isn’t the first time an Aiken County dispatched possibly endangered lives instead of saving them…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 9, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Federal Communications Commission is usually enthusiastic about opening up additional spectrum for commercial use. Not in the case of the T-Band—which has long been used by public safety agencies in some major cities, but under a Congressional mandate, has to be auctioned off by February 2021.
FCC Chair Ajit Pai has repeatedly asked Congress to scuttle the so-called T-Band mandate, arguing that between the cost of moving users out of the band and the disruption to public safety communications, it’s not worth it. While there is bipartisan opposition to a T-Band auction and some legislation has been proposed that would include a repeal of the mandate, so far Congress hasn’t passed anything that lets the FCC off the hook for a T-Band auction. So the agency recently proposed rules (pdf) for the reallocation of the T-Band spectrum at 470-512 MHz…
