by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
Keeping his community safe has long been a big part of Rob Barton’s life.
A veteran police dispatcher with the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority, he has been the calming voice at the end of the line for many years, dealing with a wide variety of emergency calls.
He remembers the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires like they were on Wednesday, and says domestic violence calls really hit home, sticking with him for years to come.
But it was a leisurely walk after work one morning…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
The Fond du Lac County Communications Center will be saying farewell to a longtime member of their staff in the coming days.
Dispatcher Frank Quick will be retiring from the dispatch center on Sunday, after 33-and-a-half years of service as a 9-1-1 dispatcher. County Communications and Emergency Management Director Bobbi Hicken tells us that Quick will be missed in the dispatch center. “He just is a wonderful person, has worked very hard and is finally hanging up his headset and going on to retirement,” Hicken said. “He was one of my training officers, he taught me everything I know…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
NEW FRANKLIN New Franklin wants to remain a primary dispatch center even as the state recently changed the guidelines and requirements.
During the Oct. 2 City Council meeting, council approved the creation of one temporary full-time dispatcher position for the New Franklin Dispatch Center.
Mayor Paul Adamson said the state now requires two dispatchers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
Recently, a 911 dispatcher got the opportunity to meet the baby girl that she helped deliver over the phone, along with the newborn’s very grateful parents.
As you can imagine, being a 911 dispatcher is a very stressful job. These brave souls clock in every day never knowing what they’ll face: gruesome fatalities, home invasions, possible break-ins, health concerns. Or, maybe a nervous husband calling in because his wife is going into labour…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 14, 2019 | Comm Center News
The United States government is a massive employer, and is always
looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of open
employment positions in locations across the country. Below you’ll find a
Qualification Summary for an active, open job listing from the
Department of the Interior. The opening is for a Fire/Law Enforcement
Logistics Dispatcher in Alamo, Texas Feel free to browse this and any
other job listings and reach out to us with any questions!
Fire/Law Enforcement Logistics Dispatcher – Alamo, Texas
Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Job ID: 158285
Start Date: 10/07/2019
End Date: 10/15/2019
Qualification Summary
Only experience and
education obtained by 10/15/2019 You may qualify at the GS-07 level, if
you fulfill one of the following qualification requirements: A. One year
of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the
Federal service that demonstrated your ability to perform dispatch
duties for wildland fire, police or fire departments, or other emergency
services, including receiving, filling and tracking requests;
