by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 2, 2020 | Articles
Although it has been a taboo at the European level up to now, the time has come to break this taboo and to recognise that space is an enabler of security and defence, with a defence dimension for Galileo and a security element for Copernicus, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said at the 12th Space Policy Conference in Brussels on 22 January.
In his address at the Conference, the Commissioner stressed that the security and defence element of the space programmes would be strengthened with the progressive launch of two new initiatives – a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system to monitor space debris…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
“This new radio platform will enable public safety agencies to coordinate more efficiently than in past days,” Minister of National Security Wayne Caines said, explaining that “for the 1st time in Bermuda, every radio on the system across the various departments will be able to speak to each other. ”
Speaking in the House of Assembly, the Minister said, “I rise this morning to provide to this Honorable House of an update on the Government’s new Public Safety Radio System…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 28, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Gallatin County Commission will decide on Tuesday whether to ask voters to approve tax increases for public safety on the June 2 ballot.
The commissioners are considering two mill levies — one for the 911 Dispatch Center and one for Search and Rescue.
The 911 Dispatch Center is seeking an increase to its budget of six mills — about $2.1 million — bringing the department’s total mill levy from…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 28, 2020 | Comm Center News
A partnership in Stearns County is bringing more awareness to heart health.
February is American Heart Month, and now there’s a new dispatch mapping tool to locate where automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are throughout the county.
“I had a heart attack 15 years ago,” said Joel Vogel, with Advocates for Health.
Vogel has six stents in his heart and knows all too well how important timing is during these medical emergencies…
