by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 19, 2022 | Comm Center News
At the January 10 meeting of the Pratt County Commission, Heather Morgan, Pratt County Economic Development Consultant, discussed the potential for Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to be used for the purchase of a new communication tower to be placed at the site of the new Pratt County Public Safety Center. The estimate for the tower itself, exclusive of delivery, concrete, and labor is $34,855. Commissioners unanimously approved using ARPA funds to cover the purchase.
Commissioners also approved Resolution 011022B authorizing participation in the Rural Opportunity Zone Student Loan Repayment Program for the calendar year 2022. The agreement is for an irrevocable period of 5 years…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
On Jan. 5, the Regional Emergency Medical Service Authority (REMSA Health) and Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) announced a partnership aimed at enhancing emergency services for the Northern Nevada region.
The partnership comes as a response to Washoe County’s “rapid expansion and growth and the need to provide innovative solutions to emergency medical response,” according to a press release.
On Dec. 15, REMSA Health’s Emergency Communication Center began receiving emergency calls from residents in unincorporated areas of Washoe County that require fire response. Previously, calls were dispatched by Washoe County…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department last week encrypted its radio communications, blocking the public from listening to information about public safety matters in real time.
The department is the latest law enforcement agency in the county and state to cut off access to radio communications in response to a California Department of Justice mandate that required agencies to protect certain personal information that law enforcement personnel obtain from state databases. Such information — names, drivers license numbers, dates of birth and other information from the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, or CLETS — sometimes is broadcast over police radios…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
Final tweaks to the new 800 MHz county emergency radio system are underway.
“We thought the to go-live date would be at the end of February. But it’s going to be a little bit later,” Branch County Administrator bud Norman told the 911 board this week.
Contractor J&K Communication has started programming the digital equipment.
“We see the light at the tunnel,” said technical committee chair Coldwater Fire Chief Dave Schmaltz. “All the towers are up. We’ve done the coverage testing. All passed. All the radios, mobiles portables are here.” …
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
In the last three years, the Healdsburg Police Department Dispatch Center successfully answered at least 95% of its incoming calls within 15 seconds, according to a new dispatch center data report released last month.
In total, over the last few years, the dispatch center has answered an average of 2,700 911 calls per year.
“A 15-second answer time is the standard set by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Public Safety Communications California 911 Emergency Communications Branch. Between Jan. 1, 2018 and Dec. 31, 2021, our center answers 95.33% of all 911 calls in less than 10 seconds, which is the lowest threshold that the system measures,” explained Healdsburg Police Chief Matt Jenkins…
