by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Discussions are underway over finding a temporary home for a Brown County 911 communications tower.
It currently sits on the soon-to-be demolished Cofrin Library, which is located on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. It’s one of seven towers in Brown County that emergency responders use.
“Without a tower, there are going to be coverage issues in the county, primarily probably in the city of Green Bay,” Cullen Peltier, the director of Brown County Public Safety Communications, said before members of the county’s Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. “Again, these are things the engineering study will tell us for sure…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
Safe Environment Engineering and FirstNet Expand First Responder Capabilities to Better Serve the City and County of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — FirstNet® and Safe Environment Engineering are providing Los Angeles City Fire Department and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health with new capabilities and reliable access to critical information while in the field. These tech advancements allow first responders and other personnel who support them to better serve those who live, work and visit the city and county of Los Angeles.
LAFD and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are connecting its firefighters, first responders and other personnel to FirstNet – the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. LAFD uses FirstNet on frontline apparatus, vehicles, modems, routers, and department-issued smartphones, while LA County Department of Public Health Radiation Management use FirstNet services on smartphones…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Jobs
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911 Operator / Dispatcher
The City of Galena Park Police Department is accepting applications for a full-time Emergency Services Dispatcher position. The hourly salary range is $17.29 – 18.13 per hour. Dispatchers direct calls for emergency and non-emergency services including Police/Fire/EMS and after-hours calls for other city departments.
Applicants must be available to work various shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed. Qualified applicants will be able to multi-task and remain calm in stressful situations. Strong communication skills and clear diction are required. Other required skills include, but are not limited to typing (35 WPM), operation of a radio console, telephone, computer, and related communications equipment. Bi-lingual skills (Spanish/English) are encouraged but not required. Preference will be given to those applicants who possess an active TCLOE License, and prior experience…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
BATH — Tim Marshall has seen a little bit of everything during his near-quarter century in the Steuben County Emergency Services program, managing local disaster scenes, aiding relief efforts at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9/11, and leading the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, Marshall is in the midst of a new challenge after the Steuben County legislature appointed him the county’s first director of public safety last week. Marshall is now overseeing both the emergency services and 911 departments, which have been combined under a single director…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
FAYETTE, Iowa (KWWL) – The city of Oelwein no longer has its own 911 dispatch center. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office now handles all emergency calls for the entire county.
“Actually I think it’s going very smooth,” Fayette County Sheriff Marty Fisher said.
Dispatchers have been taking calls from Oelwein since June. There are seven full-time employees that will soon turn into nine.
Adding Oelwein, one of the largest cities in the county has doubled the workload for dispatchers at the county level.
“We saw probably here, for Fayette County, would be about 2,500 emergency calls. Oelwein and their dispatch had approximately 2,300,” Sheriff Fisher said…
