by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2022 | Comm Center News
Calls for service handled by the dispatch center will be charged to their respective agencies: calls that result in a law enforcement officer needing to mitigate an issue. Administrative calls will not result in charges
Mike Stitzel, chief of German Twp.’s police department, told the commission in November that based on data from 2020, his police force would be expected to contribute $26,000 to the center. He said that although this figure is substantially down from the original pricing model, the new estimate is roughly ⅓ of the township’s property tax base. The funding to cover the costs for dispatch center fees could impact his salary fund…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2022 | Comm Center News
Vancouver-A group representing Canada’s emergency medical institutions is calling for improved mental health services as staff shortages and unprecedented call volumes caused by the pandemic and overdose crisis hit workers. ..
In British Columbia, BC Emergency Medical Services reported the dispatch of more than 840,000 ambulances in 2021, but unions representing ambulance workers said the numbers were probably much higher…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 24, 2022 | Comm Center News
The following is a high-level summary of the major regulatory developments in these areas in the Golden State in 2021.
Enhancing Communications Network Resiliency
Wireless Resiliency Plans Filed
In late January 2021, California’s four facilities-based wireless providers filed Wireless Resiliency Plans for 2021 with the CPUC. The plans were required by CPUC Decision 20-07-011, which generally requires California’s facilities-based wireless providers to develop comprehensive resiliency strategies to prepare for catastrophic disasters and power outages by…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 24, 2022 | Comm Center News
A Lexington radio station has named a Winchester emergency services employee as its First Responder of the Week.
WVLK-FM featured Ashley Reed, one of the city of Winchester’s 911 dispatch supervisors, in a social media post on Friday.
“Ashley’s team dispatches for police, fire, EMS & county fire. They answer all 911 & Admin (non-emergency) lines for all of Winchester/Clark County, all while keeping all EPO (Emergency Protection Orders) DVO (Domestic Violence Orders), wanted, violent, [and] missing person files,” the post says…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 24, 2022 | Comm Center News
Parks Canada is helping make Highway 93 a little safer, installing two new emergency satellite phones along the highway in Kootenay National Park.
There is currently no cell coverage or WiFi along most of the 105-kilometre stretch of Highway 93 South between Castle Mountain and Radium Hot Springs.
No cell service or wifi in the park creates challenges for emergency communications along the highway, which has seen an increase in traffic over the last year due to scheduled detours caused by closures of the Kicking Horse Canyon Project on the Trans Canada Highway east of Golden, which has rerouted traffic through Radium…
