by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 11, 2021 | Jobs
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The Coos County Sheriff’s Office has an immediate opening for a Communications Specialist (911 Dispatcher). Please see the attached Position Description. This position is located in Coquille, Oregon at the Dispatch Center and does involve shift work.
Salary range is $3,588 – $4,485 per month.
Position comes with excellent benefits package, including PERS (Public Employee Retirement System), medical, dental and vision for employee, spouse and eligible dependents, life insurance and long term disability coverage…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
To improve public safety and the efficiency of the Barton County Communications Department in light of COVID-19, the County Commission Tuesday morning OKed purchase of a four-person dispatching console for 911, utilizing federal pandemic relief funding.
On Aug. 12, Barton County invited proposals for an integrated IP-based, four-position dispatch console that would work with existing equipment in the Communications Center, 1300 Stone, Great Bend. Sealed bids were accepted until Aug. 24, with the only bid coming from Motorola for a MCC 7500E station at total cost of $ 634,436, said Grant Coordinator Sue Cooper.
“There is a wait time to get the equipment built, programed and shipped,” Communications Director Dena Popp said. It is a minimum of four to six months before it would arrive here…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
To speak with a 911 dispatcher, simply punch in the numbers “9-1-1” on any working phone and stay on the line. You can even use an unactivated cell phone to place the call.
Our service partner for 911 call taking and emergency dispatch is MACC 911 – Multi Agency Communications Center.
When to call 911
If you are unsure how serious an incident is, do not hesitate to call 911. Assistance will be dispatched.
- Crimes in-progress or crimes where the suspect is still in the vicinity
- Traffic accidents when parties involved are still on-scene
- Hit-and-run traffic accidents
- Any crime involving bodily assault
- Any domestic violence crime
- Threats or immediate risk to life or property…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 10, 2021 | Jobs
Arapahoe County Sheriff Office is hiring several 911 dispatchers with a salary range of $43,000 – $62,000. Come to our in-person hiring event and be ready to test and interview on the spot! No experience necessary. You’ll earn a full salary while we train you. Excellent benefits. The next academy will begin on Monday, October 18, 2021.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
PORTLAND, Ore. — People calling 911 to report Saturday afternoon’s shootout at a Pearl District restaurant and other emergencies in the following half-hour waited an average of more than 7.5 minutes before a dispatcher answered.
The lengthy hold time is far above the national standard of 15 to 20 seconds for 911 calls and the latest example of serious problems plaguing the city’s emergency dispatch system. The communications bureau has 106 call takers and dispatchers who handle both 911 and non-emergency calls of 128 full-time positions authorized, with eight of those still in training…
