by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 19, 2024 | Comm Center News
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announces a successful implementation of a major 911 technological overhaul.
In 2019, the Lake County Sheriff’s office in conjunction with the Lake County Emergency Telephone Systems Board (ETSB), with the assistance of Crowe LLP, started the process to upgrade critical technology infrastructure, to improve public safety throughout Lake County. This improvement involved multiple key computer related components used by 911 telecommunicators, first responders, records clerks, and employees at public safety entities throughout the county.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2024 | Comm Center News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Emergency Number Association praised President Biden for recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW) in a letter from the White House.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2024 | Comm Center News
(AP) – Law enforcement agencies in Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Texas reported temporary outages to 911 services before saying hours later that services had been restored. It was not immediately clear what caused the outages or whether they were related.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 17, 2024 | Comm Center News
Updated April 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM ET
HONOLULU — As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 17, 2024 | Comm Center News
The soft gray light pouring into the windows of their upper floor control room, coupled with the calm, low voices of Porter County’s E911 dispatchers, belies the urgency of the accidents and medical emergencies the first class telecommunicators field on a recent rainy Friday afternoon before this, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
