by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 10, 2025 | Comm Center News
As the director of communications for the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, I am honored to submit this letter to The Bee on behalf of my staff for National Telecommunications Week (April 13 to 19).
We are nine strong with two per diems, covering shifts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, during storms, holidays, you name it, we show up for you. I try to remember to honor staff with luminaires at Ram Pasture and these yearly letters. I do it because Public Safety Telecommunicators (PSTs) are the unsung voices heard in the dark on your worst day.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 10, 2025 | Comm Center News
DOWNTOWN AKRON — Summit County Council April 7 discussed using artificial intelligence (AI) to process non-emergency calls for various county public safety answering points (PSAP).
Public Safety Director Lori Pesci said the AI-generated call answering system will be used at the Summit Emergency Communications Center, as well as in Akron, Bath, Hudson and at the South Summit Dispatch Center.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 9, 2025 | Comm Center News
The Columbus Police Department has successfully completed extensive renovations to its primary 911 Emergency Communications Center at Police Headquarters and its backup center at 3111 Citizens Way. This upgrade project, which began in early 2023, aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency response services in the region.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 5, 2025 | Comm Center News
HAGERSTOWN – The Washington County’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to raise the county’s 911 fee from $1.25 to $1.75 per month per phone bill, aiming to bolster funding for its Emergency Communications Center
amid a persistent budget deficit.
g months.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 3, 2025 | Comm Center News
A new draft report from the Department of Public Safety suggests Vermont needs a massive overhaul in the way it handles emergency dispatch services, but the road to get there could be long and winding.
The report, released last month, was the work of the Public Safety Communications Task Force, established by lawmakers in June 2023 to oversee and establish a reliable, secure and interoperable statewide public safety communications system.
