by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 16, 2023 | Comm Center News
In the US, more than 90% of adults own a smartphone. We routinely send texts, take pictures, post videos, and use social media to stay in touch. The ways in which we communicate has had a major impact on all our interactions, including how we engage with public safety services.
In the past three years alone, New York City Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) received over three million 911 text messages for emergency response, and according to a US report by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) more than 80% of the estimated 240 million emergency 911 calls made in the US each year are made from wireless devices.
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 14, 2023 | Comm Center News
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire released late Thursday by Maui County authorities reveals a terrifying and chaotic scene as the inferno swept through the historic town of Lahaina and people desperately tried to escape burning homes and flames licking at cars in gridlocked traffic.
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 11, 2023 | Comm Center News
ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) -The Ector County Sheriff’s Office will soon have a new piece of technology to help officers respond quicker to accurate locations.
The Ector County Commissioners voted in favor of a new CAD system, which stands for computer aided dispatch.
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 11, 2023 | Comm Center News
SOUTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The Southampton Police Department will be transitioning to utilizing the Easthampton Public Safety dispatchers due to significant staffing shortages.
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 10, 2023 | Comm Center News
SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. – Sussex County officials cut the ribbon on a new emergency operations center Tuesday morning.
At the newly-dubbed Emergency Operations Complex, county leaders say emergency planners, 911 dispatchers, and paramedics will be working side by side. The 20,000 square-foot addition came with a price tag of $12 million.
