by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
Supply chain shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic will likely mean a delay in the next phase of the joint effort between Chaves County and the city of Roswell to upgrade local emergency radio capabilities.
“Phase two is officially at a dead stop,” said Dave Jones, general manager of Code 3 Services, the Albuquerque-based public safety service company that Roswell and the county have contracted with to transition area law enforcement agencies and fire departments from analog to digital radio.
Jones said some equipment needed for phase two of the project will likely not arrive until late October due to disruptions in manufacturing and shipping caused by measures taken last year to reduce spread of COVID-19…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
HAVERHILL — The city has achieved its goal of moving police officers out of dispatch and back onto the streets and has recently inked its first contract with the newly formed civilian Dispatchers Union Group.
Mayor James Fiorentini said this is the latest milestone in his decade-long effort to convert Haverhill’s 911 dispatchers from police officers to civilians.
He said the deal includes pay increases over three years to make the pay of Haverhill dispatchers competitive with other public safety dispatchers in the region. There are currently 10 civilian dispatchers on the job with two more in the process of being hired to meet the fully budgeted complement of a dozen positions…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Jobs
Flathead Emergency Communications Center is hiring: 911 Dispatchers Dispatcher receives and dispatches emergency/ non-emergency calls for law enforcement, fire, and EMS. All applicants must be at least 18, pass a background check, and attend a job orientation session. No experience necessary. Top candidates will be interviewed and tested. Starting wage: $18.91. Position Open Until Filled For further job info or to apply visit the following website: http://flathead.mt.gov/ human_resources/apply/ 

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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Nineteen Rhode Island fire departments are getting a total of $5.5 million in federal grants that can be used to buy new equipment and upgrade training to enhance public safety, the state’s congressional delegation said.
“These grants will help lift the budgetary burden on local governments and better protect the health and safety of the public and firefighters,” Sen. Jack Reed said in a statement Friday.
The Warwick Fire Department is getting the largest chunk of the grant money, including almost $900,000 for an aerial ladder truck and more than $100,000 for portable radio equipment…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
Posted on September 2, 2021
| 6:25 p.m.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has sent 21 deputies and two communications dispatchers to El Dorado County to assist in the fight against the Caldor Fire. In addition, the Santa Barbara Police Department sent four officers, and the Lompoc Police Department sent two officers.
The Santa Barbara County first responders will join a contingent of more than 100 law enforcement personnel from Region 1A (Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties) who are responding to a request for assistance through a mutual aid agreement between all California law enforcement agencies that is coordinated through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services…
