by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
U.S. senators today voted to confirm FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to a third term, assuring that Rosenworcel can remain on the commission through 2025 and avoiding an unusual scenario in which Republicans could have held an FCC majority while a Democrat president was in office.
Senators voted 68-31 to support President Joe Biden’s renomination of Rosenworcel, whose second term expired earlier this year and would have been required to step down from the FCC at the end of the month without a confirmation vote. Without a confirmation vote this month, Republicans would have held a 2-1 majority at the FCC at least temporarily while the Senate considered the nominations of Rosenworcel and Gigi Sohn to fill the Democrat vacancies on the five-member commission…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
Richmond, Va. and San Rafael, Calif. – First Arriving, a leader in technology for public safety and local government, and Tablet Command, a leading incident response and management solution provider, today announced they have collaborated to provide real-time dispatch information for First Arriving’s Digital Dashboards.
The partnership will provide Dashboard users with real-time dispatch information from Tablet Command including nature of call, address, units dispatched, call notes, turnout timer, ETA and distance, custom alert tones, maps and ESRI layers. There are more than 100 integrations and features available through First Arriving’s dashboards for large display screens, desktops and tablets…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
EMS departments are struggling statewide, but officials say they’ve gotten worse in the last three months.
PENOBSCOT COUNTY, Maine — Across the state, many emergency medical services departments are critically short-staffed, and that problem only seems to be getting worse.
Dispatchers who answer 911 calls and send out EMS crews said they’re regularly sending ambulances outside of their coverage areas to help cover emergency calls.
Chris Lavoie, Penobscot Regional Communications Center director, said his dispatchers are frequently calling as many as seven different departments to find an available ambulance crew to send to a medical emergency…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
CRESTVIEW — The largest piece of the funding mix to pay for a massive Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office emergency communications equipment project fell into place Tuesday.
That’s when the County Commission unanimously agreed to borrow $19.7 million from the Santa Rosa Beach branch of Trustmark National Bank to cover the bulk of the $26.5 million project. It could be completed by early to mid-2024….
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
“When you have all of those entities working together it results in a safer and more secure campus,” Holden said.
Several other universities in the region operate under the Department of Public Safety model, including University of Dayton, University of Cincinnati and Bowling Green State University.
The police department employs 12 police officers, several part-time detectives, six dispatchers and a team of officer for community policing and special events. A lieutenant, records technician, customer care center supervisor and two parking attendants are also employed…
