DEPARTMENT of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Commissioner Dennis Mendiola said there is a need to “centralize” 911 emergency calls.
“We are communicating with the Department of Public Safety, CNMI Homeland Security, the governor’s office, and the Legislature to try to centralize 911 calls so that we could eliminate call forwarding and issues regarding delayed response,” he added.
Mendiola said legislation has to be introduced and passed to centralize 911 calls. “A lot of legislators are working on the details of that measure which will require additional funding from the community,” he added…
San Jose’s 911 dispatchers are sounding the alarm and urging the city council to take immediate action addressing a staffing shortage.
Dispatchers said the staffing issue means some calls for help are getting put on hold.
Fire dispatchers said during the VTA yard shooting some other emergency calls had to be put on hold for up to 30 minutes because the limited number of on-duty dispatchers were tied up handling the shooting and two significant structure fires at the same time…
With a study into a potential merger with the city of Chandler on Emergency Call Center services now called off, Maricopa is looking to build its own facility and host operations for municipal partners.
The Chandler study was halted for a variety of reasons, according to City Manager Rick Horst.
“Chandler has recently advised us that they wish to pause this process,” Horst said. “Reasons include the recent retirement of their city manager and the ongoing recruitment process. Recent events in the city of Chandler have mandated their time and attention away from this study process and to some degree, misinformation circulated as promulgated by parties with self-serving agendas…
Apple’s devices are usually expensive relative to the competition. The argument that Apple fans make on behalf of the company is that Apple doesn’t compromise its quality. Thus, you would expect that its devices will be perfect and without any design fails. However, this is far from the truth. Like other electronics for other brands, Apple’s devices malfunction from time to time, and its designs aren’t always perfect. This time, it appears that the company will have to do something about the emergency services on Apple Watch. A new report shows that it is “too” easy to call 911 accidentally with the Apple Watch.
Huawei’s court challenge to a Federal Communications Commission order that declared it to be a national security threat and denied it access to federal funding was rejected as the FCC ramps up pressure on the company and seeks to deny all future authorizations to it and similar businesses with links to the Chinese Communist Party.
The FCC initially designated Huawei and ZTE as national security threats last summer, banning the two companies from accessing U.S. government subsidies to build communication infrastructure. The commission said government subsidies from its $8.3 billion annual Universal Service Fund “may no longer be used to purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, modify, or otherwise support any equipment or services produced or provided by” Huawei. The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau concluded that Huawei was a national security threat. After Huawei sought a review of the designation, the FCC again affirmed in December that the company “poses a threat to the security and integrity of our nation’s communications networks…
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