Corriganville ambulance service becoming county operation (MD)

Feb. 12—CORRIGANVILLE, Md. — Beginning Sunday morning, ambulance service in the Corriganville area will be provided solely by the Allegany Department of Emergency Services.

The membership of the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Department has voted to no longer offer the service, and has entered into an agreement with the county to provide it. An ambulance and two EMT/paramedics will be based at the station.

“We simply just cannot recruit, train and maintain the volunteer clinicians to provide the level of service to our community that we have committed to do,” read a Friday Facebook post by the department membership…

FirstNet’s CEO on 5G, priorities in 2022 and whats next

Edward Parkinson this year is celebrating a full decade of work on what is today FirstNet. Roughly ten years ago he was a staffer for former Rep. Peter King of New York, working on the legislation that would eventually create FirstNet. He then joined the nascent agency in 2013 as its chief of government affairs – FirstNet’s third employee.

After serving as an acting CEO in 2018, Parkinson was named the organization’s permanent chief executive in May 2019.

“I’ve been very fortunate to have seen this program evolve from an idea to its passage, to the law,” he said…

Success trial-run of FirstNet’s public safety network (NY)

Success trial-run of FirstNet’s public safety network (NY)

NEW YORK (NEWS10) – The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has collaborated with AT&T to build and pilot FirstNet, the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. NYPA’s private wireless technology pilot project aims to build a secure, robust, and reliable network to enhance the statewide utility’s readiness and operational capabilities…

Potential property tax increase could support better Habersham employee pay, officials say (GA)

Habersham County, much like many businesses and governments across the nation, is experiencing staffing shortages and employee turnover. The solution to that shortage, according to county officials, could lie in a property tax increase.

There are currently 35 open positions in Habersham County, 18 of which are public safety positions in the detention center, E-911 dispatch, sheriff’s office and emergency services departments. Of those open positions, only one is new. County Manager Alicia Vaughn says the rest are open due to staff turnover…