by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
MONROE, CT — Construction is set to begin next week on a new communications tower in Monroe in the wooded area on the northern side of the former Chalk Hill School, according to First Selectman Ken Kellogg and Schools Superintendent Joe Kobza.
“The new tower will provide much-needed cellular coverage to this area of town, including at the school campus, while also allowing the Town to further improve our current public safety radio communications system,” the two wrote in a message to residents on Friday…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
Gallatin County 911 released its first annual report on Wednesday, revealing the rapidly growing county is experiencing a continually increasing number of calls to dispatchers.
Gallatin County dispatchers processed 160,492 incoming calls in 2021, a 21.25 percent increase from 2018. 85 percent of the calls resulted in generating a Calls for Service.
“These past 12 months have proven to be challenging as we faced staffing shortages, technological changes, operations upgrades and, like everyone else, a global pandemic,” said Tim Martindale, director of Gallatin County 911…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
Hoosiers needing emergency assistance can now text 911 in their native language and have their plea for help immediately translated for a police, fire or ambulance dispatcher.
The Indiana Statewide 911 Board recently announced it has partnered with INdigital to translate text-to-911 messages into English from 108 different languages.
“We’ve already seen the benefits of texting to 911. It allows people in sensitive situations to communicate with law enforcement, and now we are removing the language barriers to those services,” said State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell, chairwoman of the Statewide 911 Board…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
Riley County commissioners on Thursday gave approval for an architecture firm to determine the best size and space for a new EMS headquarters.
The commission approved Lenexa-based firm Archimages to conduct a site and space needs study as the first part of the first phase of the project. Phase one of the public safety headquarters project will cost $87,150. The project will be paid for through American Rescue Plan Act funding the county receives as part of federal pandemic assistance…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
MCCORMICK — A dream that was years in the making is now a reality, as McCormick County’s new emergency services facility allows for shared resources and collaboration under one roof.
The new facility had its grand opening this week, with officials offering tours of the 10,000-square-foot building on South Mine Street. The facility houses emergency management, the county’s emergency operations center, fire supports services, 911 dispatch and the county coroner’s office and morgue.
“Having everything under one roof, and in one facility, makes coordination and cooperation a lot better,” Emergency Services Director Chris Doolittle said…
