by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
Duggan hired as new EMA director
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Those involved in upgrading the county’s public safety radio system agree that improvements are needed, but the question is how the near $5 million cost will be covered.
One option may be to put the project out to bond on the November 2022 ballot, as was discussed during a Piscataquis County Commissioners meeting on Sept. 21
“As you know we had the consultant come up and review our radio system and talk to the fire chiefs,” Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Todd Lyford told the commissioners, with representatives of the Brownville, Dover-Foxcroft, Milo and Monson fire departments in attendance…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
“911, what’s the location of your emergency?”
That’s the question Ryan Tunks could be heard asking Thursday from his work station on the second floor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Emergency Response Center. Eyes flitting between six different computer screens while radio chatter echoed around the room, he’s a shift supervisor and one of four dispatchers on duty Thursday morning fielding emergency, administrative and accidental 911 calls made by Kenai Peninsula residents that day.
The ERC building, tucked quietly behind the Soldotna Police Department near Safeway, responds to calls from all over the Kenai Peninsula Borough, including every 911 call made from a cellphone in the borough and every landline 911 call not made in Kenai, Homer or Seward…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 23, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Over the last two decades, the emergency-management community has recognized that natural disasters and other emergency situations don’t always follow county lines or town borders. Interagency collaboration is vital—mutual-aid agreements expand the capacity of first responders, for example, and data-sharing solutions can give local telecommunicators regionwide data at the click of a mouse button.
One such cloud-based advancement scheduled to soon be released by the New York-based emergency technology company RapidSOS, the Emergency Data Exchange, will enable real-time interoperability (the ability of computer or software systems to exchange information) through digital automation—even if different centers aren’t using the same programs or devices…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 23, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
By Bruce Fitzgerald, Senior Public Safety Advisor, Emergency Management, First Responder Network Authority
September is National Preparedness Month(link is external), an important reminder for Americans to prepare for disasters and emergencies. The 2021 theme is “Prepare to Protect. Preparing for disasters is protecting everyone you love.”
In public safety, every month is Preparedness Month. One of the best ways for the public safety community to prepare for emergencies and disasters is with FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
Three members of Strongsville’s safety forces have been honored by the Knights of Columbus St. Francis of Assisi Council for outstanding work in 2020.
Police Officer of the Year Mike Mendise, Firefighter of the Year Andy Smeader and Dispatcher of the Year Angela Love have all received plaques for their dedication.
Love, who joined Southwest Emergency Dispatch Center in 2018, brought with her “a vast amount of experience, a jaw-dropping work ethic and a wonderfully sunny disposition,” her nominating letter says…
