by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
NSW has opened a new Telecommunications Operations Centre in Sydney that will receive real-time information about critical infrastructure during emergencies such as floods and bushfires.
The facility will equip the state’s Telecommunications Emergency Management Unit (TEMU) with accurate updates that can be relayed to firefighters and first responders during natural emergencies about the location of at-risk critical infrastructure.
The managing director of the NSW Telco Authority, Kylie De Courteney, said crews could then be deployed to protect that infrastructure…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
BEARDSTOWN — Council approves dispatcher agreement Tuesday night.
City Council met Tuesday to discuss an agreement with Cass County Emergency Telephone System for the city’s dispatcher contract.
The council approved the contract for $88,000 and $3.80 for the 2022 calendar year. The amount increased slightly from last year.
Cass County operates the dispatch service, which is based in Virginia. The service answers all 911 calls and other calls to the police station. There are two ambulance stations one in Virginia and one in Beardstown…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater City Council will be asked by Public Safety Director Joe Scheid on Monday night to approve his request to update the current video surveillance system at the Coldwater Public Safety Building.
Scheid says there are four surveillance cameras in the building that were installed many years ago to allow the records clerks to see if there were any police officers available to take complaints, and they do not record.
He goes on to say in his letter to the Council that the current political climate has led to a rise in police stations and public safety employees being targeted during retaliatory violent acts…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
After serving her hometown for 30 years as a 911 Dispatcher, Jacquelyn Foster is retiring. Foster began her career as a 911 Dispatcher with Xenia Greene Central Communications in December 1991 and has since worked as the critical link between people in distress and the emergency services they need.
“Communications Operator Foster has been a great asset,” said Xenia Greene Central Communications Director Mindy Lane. “It has been a pleasure to work with Jackie and she will be greatly
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 10, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Federal Communications Commission is looking for information on how to prevent unwanted robocalls from reaching public safety answering points (PSAPs).
FCC first adopted a PSAP Do-Not-Call registry in 2012 to address autodialer-initiated calls, which were tying up public safety lines, diverting critical responder resources from emergency services and impeding the public’s access to emergency lines..
