by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
A multitude of agencies can be involved in emergency response situations, but the first people to answer are always the same: call dispatchers.
“We answer the first calls from the public when they have an emergency,” said Kris Fox, Brazos County 911’s communications manager. “When they dial 911, we answer that.”
The Brazos County Emergency Communications District was formed in 1988 and operates a 24/7 communications center for 13 law enforcement and fire agencies in the county. In September, Fox said the call center averaged 33 calls per hour with a peak of 85…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced that the company will modernize and expand the coverage of the existing nationwide TETRA network in Romania to provide the country’s public safety organizations with highly resilient and secure mission-critical communications.
As part of the seven year framework agreement awarded by the Romanian government’s Special Telecommunication Service, Motorola Solutions will install 800 TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) base stations across the country. The new digital radio technology will support all police, fire, ambulance and national security services with trusted, reliable communications that will enhance collaboration across front line teams as they serve and protect the country’s 21 million citizens every day…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
Here are the top stories today in Pawtucket:
- Rhode Island is suffering from a serious emergency dispatcher shortage. While the national average turnover rate for dispatcher positions is 15 to 20 percent, the regional dispatch center for Pawtucket and North Providence has had to replace about six of its 10 dispatchers in the past two years alone. Factors like a stressful work environment, low pay, and long hours have contributed to this labor shortage, and some employees only work as dispatchers until they can become police officers or firefighters. The regional center is prepared to invest over $44,000 this year to add another full-time dispatcher… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
Both the Ottumwa City Council and Wapello County Board of Supervisors will receive a presentation for a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that would tie in all the county’s emergency personnel together.
County emergency manager Tim Richmond, Ottumwa Police Department chief Chad Farrington and Wapello County Sheriff Don Phillips will make a presentation to the supervisors Tuesday morning, then later to the city council.
The system will offer an overhaul of the current system, which is at least 20 years old. Both the city and county have expressed the possibility of using American Rescue Plan funds to share in the cost, which would be about $500,000…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
During the Pike County Fiscal Court meeting on Oct. 19, Pike County Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett informed the court that his department had been turned down by the National Homeland Security and by Kentucky Homeland Security for grants to upgrade the communication system used by emergency responders.
“We have not received any letter yet from the Kentucky Homeland Security as to why we were turned down for the grant,” Tackett said. “We are expecting a letter from them in the next few days with that explanation…
