by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2024 | Comm Center News
One dark day two years ago, Brooke Bodden tried to end it all, but with the timely intervention of her mother and the guidance of a 911 dispatcher, the 16-year-old was revived, granting her a new lease on life.
“I was really, really grateful because obviously when all of that happened I had wanted to die so much. But they not only saved me physically, I feel like they also saved me mentally and gave me another chance at living,” Bodden, 18, said as she spoke with the Cayman Compass recently about her experience.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 27, 2024 | Comm Center News
An alert from an Apple Watch started a connection between the Loveland Emergency Communications Center at the Loveland Police Department to the sole survivor of a plane crash west of Loveland on Saturday. What followed was hours of a dedicated team working to get rescuers to the survivor, no matter what.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2024 | Comm Center News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -New technology at Nashville’s Emergency Communications Center could help 911 callers get the response they need faster. Call takers can now hear and see what the 911 caller sees in real-time through a platform called …..
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2024 | Comm Center News
When you have a dire emergency you want help from wherever you can get it. Even if it’s from an AI voice assistant.
George Mason University received a grant of nearly $1 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for enhancing emergency response, specifically using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve training and other capabilities of the emergency communication systems in Northern Virginia. The funding was made possible through the efforts of Congressman Gerry Connolly, who sponsored the proposal.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2024 | Comm Center News
A year into its implementation of next generation 911, Arizona officials see promising improvements for public safety responses.
The state’s Department of Administration has worked for the past several years to transition the state’s 911 system from a landline-based infrastructure to a digital one to improve system resiliency, caller location services and telecommunications capabilities between callers and dispatchers.