by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
By Charlotte Whitacre, Senior Public Safety Advisor, Federal & National Programs Public Safety Advocacy, First Responder Network Authority
In the midst of battling wildfires or administering life-saving medical care, first responders should not be burdened with the intricacies behind a secure communications system. Now with FirstNet, public safety can rest assured the nationwide wireless broadband network offers a comprehensive communications solution that navigates security and authentication procedures so first responders can focus on doing their jobs. READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
When FirstNet was signed into law, The FirstNet Authority was created as an independent authority reporting to the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) under the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). It was funded with $7 Billion not from the U.S. Treasury but from proceeds of future spectrum auctions. Designed to be a public/private partnership, FirstNet recognized that the $7 Billion funding was only a “starter kit” to defray some but certainly not all FirstNet network build costs and development of The FirstNet Authority…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
A Combined Communications Center worker must serve a 60-hour suspension for social media comments deemed unbecoming of a sheriff’s office employee.
An Alachua County 911 dispatcher was suspended for 60 hours without pay Wednesday by Sheriff Sadie Darnell for comments she made on social media.
The posts by Ashley Mauger, who works in the Combined Communications Center, represented conduct unbecoming an employee of the sheriff’s office, an internal investigation found…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
Sumner County recently celebrated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, an event originally scheduled for April that was postponed because of COVID-19.
The county’s 911 dispatachers are located at the Sumner County Emergency Communications Center (SCECC), where Marilyn Anderson serves as director.
SCECC answered 215,566 calls for dispatch for police, fire, and EMS for both paid and volunteer personnel in 2019 and 199,626 in 2018…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
Throughout the pandemic, the NewsHour has highlighted courageous front-line workers who are keeping the country running in the face of unprecedented hardship. Bridget Rhodes is one of these essential workers, a 911 dispatcher in Portland, Oregon, who has offered a calm voice to many callers suffering with COVID-19. Rhodes offers her Brief But Spectacular take on her critical role…
