by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 26, 2022 | Comm Center News
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Chesterfield County is hiring 911 dispatchers to join its Emergency Communications Center (ECC). The center serves as the primary answering point for emergency and non-emergency requests within the county.
According to the county, the position is dedicated to assist in saving lives and protecting property, facilitating the flow of information between callers and county emergency services, and providing aid and instructions prior to the arrival of safety field resources…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 26, 2022 | Comm Center News
Owensboro-Daviess County Central Dispatch is tasked each day with helping members of the community through life-altering situations. To help ensure every resident can receive help equally, the dispatch center spends roughly $200 a month on translator services for non-fluent English speakers.
Paul Nave, director of the ODC Central Dispatch, said they utilize different avenues to help communicate and learn about the situation as quickly as possible…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 26, 2022 | Comm Center News
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsutawney Future First Responders Club visited the Jefferson County 911 Center last week to see what a typical day as a 911 operator is like.
FFRC Club Advisor and School Resource Officer Ryan Miller said the 911 dispatchers are the “unseen and unsung heroes of the emergency response field.” He said they have one of the most complex and stressful jobs in the business, and are the first to get information about what is often someone’s worst moments…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 25, 2022 | Comm Center News
How many full-time dispatchers can be funded and how to provide a raise for them were primary topics of discussion Wednesday at a meeting of the Greeneville-Greene County 911 board of directors.
911 Director Jerry Bird submitted two tentative budgets, one providing for the 18 full-time dispatchers currently employed and another that would pay for 20 full-time dispatchers.
Bird has said that 21 full-time dispatchers, supplemented by part-time employees, would be a workable number accounting for attrition and factors like unplanned medical leave and vacation time… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 25, 2022 | Comm Center News
NORRISTOWN — Members of the Norristown Municipal Council authorized a nearly $70,000 contract earlier this week to revamp its public safety communications system as renovations continue on Municipal Hall.
The roughly $69,786 agreement with Intenna Systems, Inc, of Medford, New Jersey, would enhance communications for the municipality’s police officers, firefighters and first responders, according to Norristown Fire Chief Tom O’Donnell…
