by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
Lawmakers in Texas are taking steps to help 911 and EMS professionals save more lives. Texas recently passed House Bill 786, which ensures all Texas 911 dispatchers are trained in the delivery of high-quality T-CPR.1
Telecommunicator-CPR is the process by which a 911 dispatcher coaches a caller through the process of bystander CPR while first responders are on their way. In the case of sudden cardiac arrest, dispatcher-assisted CPR is crucial and triples the chance of survival…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
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Responsibilities:
- Implements, directs and guides dispatch services
- Answers emergency and non-emergency calls for service
- Receives and records information and requests for
police/security services in a computerized database
- Dispatches field personnel according to need and priority of
the request for service
- Transmits and receives radio calls from field units via two-way
radio…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
SWEETWATER COUNTY — Sweetwater County residents will have the chance to vote on a 1 percent general purpose tax proposition in November in a special election.
The Sweetwater County Board of Commissioners, the City of Green River, Town of Superior, Town of Wamsutter and the Town of Granger all passed, approved, and adopted resolutions to place the tax initiative on a November 2, 2021 ballot.
For the resolution to go out to the public in a special election, it needed to be approved by 50 percent of the municipalities and incorporated towns in Sweetwater County have to approve it…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
Elected officials are bringing “next generation” emergency communication technology to the region, and that benefits everyone who finds themselves in an emergency and the first responders sent to help.
The Union County Commissioners voted to join the internet-based “Next Generation 911” (NG911) system last week and Snyder County Commissioner Joe Kantz said his board was planning to vote on the plan this week to integrate the technology into the Central Susquehanna Regional 911 Center, which serves all of Union and Snyder counties and the northern portion of Northumberland County…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
28 June 2021 marked the official end of the Solution Prototype Phase (Phase 2) of the BroadWay PCP, with the notification of end of phase 2 results to the three competing consortia – Airbus DS, Frequentis AG and Leonardo S.p.A. Throughout Phase 2, the consortia were tasked with developing, installing, technically testing and practitioner evaluation of their prototypes. The consortia were subject to regular monitoring during Phase 2, which culminated in technical testing and evaluation of their solutions in April, and submission of end of phase reports shortly afterwards.
After evaluation of the end of phase deliverables, the Group of Procurers awarded a successful status to all three consortia, meaning that they were subsequently invited to participate in the call-off competition for entry into the Pilot Phase (Phase 3), which launched on 30 June 2021. The consortia have until Monday 2 August 2021 to submit individual offers in which they address an updated set of objectives set by the Group of Procurers for the development of live pilot systems within the scope of Phase 3…
