by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
Jul. 29—LAURINBURG — Scotland County Emergency E-911 Communications Center has appointed Jonathan Lemmond as its new assistant director.
“Jonathan was part of the initial opening team for the 911 center when it opened on Feb. 10, 2015,” said Director Samantha Cameron Dutch. “Prior to that, he was a part-time telecommunicator with EMS and had been since 2013. He also worked part-time with the city of Laurinburg Fire Department.”
Dutch also said Lemmond is highly motivated and enthusiastic about emergency communications and public safety as a whole…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 1, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
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Dave Statter covered public safety in the District of Columbia and the region as a reporter for WTOP Radio & WUSA-TV. His website, STATter911.com, focuses on fire, EMS and 911 issues and videos. Dave currently runs STATter911 Communications in Arlington, VA.
Between the pandemic and the wave of violence in the District of Columbia, no one wants another reason to fear for their health and safety or for the well-being of their family. But there’s another crisis. One that’s mostly being ignored by political leaders and the news media. DC 911 is in desperate shape.
Handling almost two million calls each year, there’s no other local public safety agency in the region with more impact on our health and safety than DC’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC). Right now, the person in charge of OUC is struggling to get staff to show up for work and making sure those who do, put in a full shift. And with Covid cases rising among the unvaccinated, this 911 staffing problem may soon get much worse. OUC is the DC agency with the lowest percentage of vaccinated workers – less than 35%…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
Nearly half of the 911 calls to Seattle police can handled without armed, sworn officers, according to a report commissioned by Mayor Jennie Durkan.
The report, based on three years of dispatch data for 911 calls compiled by the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), was part of a plan launched in September to ”reimagine” policing in Seattle, reports the Seattle Times.
The NCIJR, which specialized in reducing incarceration and gun violence through the country, found that at some point in the future, an “alternative, non-sworn response” could have been appropriate for up to 49 percent of Seattle Police Department (SPD) calls, or about 685,000 dispatch responses between 2017 and 2019…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
Norman will have a new Emergency Operations Center after a close vote by the City Council approved the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds for the project.
After a 5-3 vote, the proposed facility will see $9.5 million of ARPA funds to cover a shortfall in the $15 million project that has been “kicked down the road,” some said Tuesday night. Ward 7 Stephen Holman was absent.
Ward 1 Brandi Studley, Ward 2 Lauren Schueler and Ward 4 Lee Hall voted no. All three said they supported the project, but raised concerns about timing and the use of ARPA funds for it…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 29, 2021 | Jobs
The Washington State Patrol is currently seeking 911 dispatchers (Communications Officer) for our Wenatchee office. 911 dispatchers are the vital link between calls for assistance and the emergency responders. Communications Officers answer emergency/911 and non-emergency calls from the public, enter calls for service into a computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, as well as provide dispatch services to the State Patrol and 18 other contracted state and federal agencies.
The current salary for dispatchers starts at $4,047 – $5,295 per month. We offer an excellent benefit package including paid holidays, paid leave, health, dental, vision, and life insurance, retirement, and an optional deferred compensation program…
