Cherokee County’s Radio Technology Director recently earned state accolades for his service to E-9-1-1, emergency management, fire and public safety in the county.
Jason Jenkins was presented the Leadership in Service Award at the Georgia Emergency Communications Conference held at The Classic Center in Athens in March.
“I am honored to be selected by the representatives of APCO Georgia and South Carolina for this award and appreciate all of the letters of recommendation submitted by all of our home agencies,” Jenkins said…
BALDWIN — In observance of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, Toni Jandron with Lake County 911 Central Dispatch was given the distinct honor of Dispatcher of the Year during the Lake County Board of Commissioners meeting last Wednesday.
“Toni was nominated for Dispatcher of the Year by her peers, and selected by members of the 911 Committee. Toni Jandron started working with Lake County 911 Central Dispatch in April of 2018. She began her training program and completed it and began working on the night shift. She is always in a positive mood, and is a team player. She took on the role of being a Communications Training Officer and has stepped up tremendously,” Balulis said…
Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to seek comment on proposals to bolster the effectiveness of the Wireless Emergency Alerts system. This WEA system allows federal, state, and local emergency management agencies to notify people about dangerous weather, missing children, and other critical public safety situations on their cell phones or other mobile devices.
The WEA system has been active for a decade, and in that time more than 61,000 alerts have been issued to the public…
Emergency dispatch agencies in Jackson and Josephine counties are asking locals not to test their access to 911 without an actual emergency.
Verizon wireless subscribers across the West Coast got alerts Wednesday about intermittent service disruptions, according to national news outlets and press releases from emergency dispatch agencies in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon stated in an official social media post made at 9:14 p.m. Wednesday that its testing found no signs of an outage. Further, no wireless carriers had reported any outages to them…
When people think of emergency response, they probably envision police officers, firefighters and EMS workers. But before these brave public servants arrive on the scene, there is another line of first responders: 911 call center professionals and dispatchers.
Too often, those who work in emergency communications centers are not considered when critical resources are allocated. Outdated technology, inconsistent standards and regulations across jurisdictions, and lack of formal recognition as first responders have created an unsupported and broken system. It’s time for elected leaders at every level of government, along with private-sector partners, to transform the system…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
