by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
Nid, Okla. , Law enforcement agencies in Garfield County recognized local 911 dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.
Every year, during the second week of April, telecommunications personnel are honored for their service in the public safety community across the United States.
Jess Harlow, a 911 supervisor for the Enid Police Department’s Dispatch Center, said 911 dispatchers deserve recognition for their work because they get the information they need, stay calm, calm others and send the appropriate responders to the right location…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Dispatch centers across Tennessee celebrated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week throughout the week.
The week, sponsored by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International, honored the thousands of men and women who respond to emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment, and render life-saving assistance to citizens.
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s office recognized one of their telecommunicators, Christina Lee. She remained calm as she radioed the information to deputies responding to a plane crash that killed seven church members onboard May 29, 2021, at Percy Priest Lake…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
Apr. 15—ST. PAULS — The police department is in the process of updating the town’s emergency dispatch services system, according to the St. Pauls chief of police.
“We’re having a new system installed,” said St. Pauls Chief of Police Mike Owens.
St. Pauls dispatches its calls through a landline system and functions as a PSAP, or public safety answering point, and does not contract with Robeson County Emergency 911 services.
The town is switching to the VESTA service through AT&T, Owens said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
You remember the game ‘Telephone.’
You get in a line with all of your friends. The person at the beginning of the line says something to the person next to them. Then, that person tells the next person. And so on. By the end of the line, the bit is that what the last person hears is so far off from what the first person said, it’s humorous.
Now, imagine if that ‘game’ happened every time somebody made a 911 call…