by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 7, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
By Al Gillespie, Fire Chief (Ret)
What do you call it when someone tells you one thing but continues to do something that isn’t exactly inline with what they’ve said? You could say it’s a slight error. You could say it’s just a matter of perspective. You could say it’s a harmless exaggeration. Or you could say it’s willful lying to protect a market share by duping members of public safety.
I’ve been involved in the quest for a dedicated public safety network for over a decade. We have it right now. The public safety network is called FirstNet and it’s here now. Not all over the country yet but it’s at about the 80% build out phase…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 7, 2020 | Comm Center News
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Posted by: Chris NussmanNENA is proud to announce the first-ever recipient of the Wendy Day Memorial Scholarship is Megan Hamilton of Decatur County Communications in Indiana.
This newly established scholarship will send one deserving woman per year to NENA’s 9-1-1 Goes to Washington conference, in honor of Wendy Day’s feminism, passion for 9-1-1 policy, and dedication to the betterment of…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 6, 2020 | Comm Center News
LISBON — After a recent problem with an AT&T maintenance outage made it impossible for the dispatchers at the county’s 911 answering centers as well as other dispatcher to communicate with each other, the county 911 Emergency Service Committee on Thursday approved a possible solution.
When the system went down, all of the 911 calls still went to the county sheriff’s office, which is hooked up to an additional line that brings the calls on a line from Columbus in an emergency…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 6, 2020 | Jobs
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by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 6, 2020 | Comm Center News
Arapahoe County’s emergency dispatchers will receive more money and better benefits after they were designated Wednesday as first-responders just like sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and paramedics.
The move for the 36 dispatchers who answer 911 calls and communicate with those racing to emergencies was approved by the county’s board of commissioners, making Arapahoe one of the few counties in the United States to do so…
