by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
As costs continue to rise and people check every bill for savings, you might find yourself reviewing your cell phone statement for relief. Have you noticed the line item, “NJ 911 System / Emergency Response Fee”? This small fee is a tax collected by service providers and paid to the state with the intent of the monies being distributed to support 9-1-1 services and infrastructure. However, in New Jersey, only 11% is being used for these public safety purposes while the rest is being diverted into the state budget. For over a decade, Trenton politicians of both political parties have used these dollars for their own agendas. This must stop…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
By mid-2024, the financial operations of Portland’s four public safety bureaus will live under one roof: the Community Safety Division. That’s if all goes according to a plan laid out by Mike Myers, Portland’s community safety transition director.
Myers began serving in his current role last April, about five years after the city hired him as fire chief in 2016. In that role, he drew on his prior experience as fire chief in Las Vegas, which has a city manager governance structure as opposed to the commission system in Portland, wherein commissioners supervise and protect a portfolio of bureaus. (Portland is the last remaining large city in the nation with such a structure…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
Every cellphone and land line in New Jersey is charged a 90-cent monthly fee that is supposed to fund 911 services in New Jersey, but instead the state has been diverting it for its own use since 2009, according to county officials.
And in spite of the state being flush with billions in federal COVID-19 funding, borrowed money and record tax revenues, Gov. Phil Murphy’s fiscal year 2023 budget still keeps this year’s $126 million in fees, said New Jersey Association of Counties Executive Director John Donnadio.
The association held a news conference Tuesday in Flemington, Hunterdon County, to draw attention to the issue…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has designated April as the first-ever Emergency Communications Month. Emergency communications not only enhance public safety interoperable communications at all levels, but also helps preserve lives and property.
Through its emergency communications mission, CISA leads operable and interoperable public safety and national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications efforts. In addition, CISA supports and promotes the ability of emergency response providers’ ability to communicate in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist act, or other hazards…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
Arlington County’s public safety agencies have come together to organize participation in the relief efforts for Ukraine.
The County’s Fire Department, Police Department, Sheriff’s Office, and Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management are donating equipment, medical supplies, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to first responders in Ukraine.
For this initiative, Arlington is coordinating with United Help Ukraine, a grassroots, entirely volunteer-based organization that will handle the shipping of the donated goods, including 200,000 disposable gowns, 9,000 Particulate Respirator N95s, 19,000 latex gloves, more than 100 ballistic vests, 150 sets of firefighting gear and breathing apparatus, and two pallets of firefighting hand tools…
