by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
Director Steve Hooke recently announced the launch of a new website for the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center, giving community members an updated and modern online space to access information, news and other details about the HRECC.
The new website, http://holbrookrecc.com, provides details of the services it provides, as well as information on the benefits of emergency communication regionalization. The new site contains information on HRECC supervisors and dispatchers; ways for people to join the staff…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
Atlanta police officers walked off the job last night in protest of charges brought against two officers in the Rayshard Brooks case. Brooks was killed by police at an Atlanta-area Wendy’s while they were attempting to take him into custody for driving while impaired. Brooks wrestled the officers, manage to gain control of one of their ‘ taser-weapons and fired it at an officer while attempting to flee the scene.
“At one point while listening to the scanner I heard a dispatcher ask, ‘Is anyone out there?’” Grace says. “After that it was total silence. No one was out there. You could have heard it for yourself just by listening…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
ROBERTSDALE, Ala. (WKRG) — By the looks of his retirement party, you might think Chuck McKinley is royalty. He is retiring after 25 years of being that behind the scenes voice that answers a call for help. “25 years of wonderful service with some of the greatest people in the world, these 911 dispatchers.”
t was a royal send-off, complete with a robe, a crown and and a total surprise. Fire departments and…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
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. Funding will be used for various projects related to the upgrade/replacement of existing end of life equipment to be NextGen9-1-1 capable. A summary of the grant awards is detailed below.
In August 2019, Wisconsin was awarded $2.9 million in federal grant funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Commerce for the purpose of advancing NextGen9-1-1 …
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Jobs
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