by AllThingsECC.com | May 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
Some officials are still 10-1 — unable to copy — the need to hurry along a communications upgrade that 911 officials have been pressing in recent months.
Discussions began publicly on a $7.2 million communications project proposed when commissioners were outlined a plan to replace aging infrastructure in the county. The project will impact more than 60 agencies that use the Scotts Bluff County Communications Center,
County and 911 advisory board officials talked at length about the communications project, which will include the construction and installation of new communications towers in the county, installation of new consoles in the county’s 911 center and new radios by public safety agencies throughout the county, during separate meetings this week. County commissioners met on Monday…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
DOVER-FOXCROFT — A feasibility study for multiple aspects of a Piscataquis County public safety radio system is nearing completion and the document soon to be presented to the Piscataquis County Commissioners will include information on moving the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s dispatch center.
The center would be moved out of the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft to the building now housing the patrol and investigations division in downtown Guilford.
“I have received a draft of the part of the radio study with the 9-1-1 center being moved to Guilford,” Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency Director Tom Capraro told the commissioners during a May 18 meeting…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
Starting in June, if someone calls 911 with a mental health crisis, dispatchers can deploy clinicians instead of officers.
WASHINGTON — If someone in D.C. calls 911 with a mental health crisis, soon it might not be police showing up at their door.
In June, the district will start deploying community response teams, made up of behavioral health experts and peers with similar lived experiences, to certain calls for behavioral health incidents.
The pilot is a partnership between the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, the Office of the City Administrator, the Office of Unified Communications (OUC), and the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
A new regional dispatch center took one step closer to reality on May 17.
During the virtual Select Board meeting in Concord, town leaders from Concord and Acton discussed a draft of an agreement on a new district, the Acton Concord Regional Communications Center, or the AC RECC.
The draft agreement establishes the governance model between Concord and Acton. It establishes an independent district to operate the regional emergency communications center.
“Some regional dispatch centers are created under an inter-municipal agreement with a host community,” Crane said…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 20, 2021 | Jobs
Qualifications:
- Experience: Experience functioning as an EMD-I.
- Required Education: High school or equivalency.
- Certifications: Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) certified by NAED within 90 days of date of hire, Emergency Telecommunicator Course (ETC) or successful completion during initial orientation.
- Other: Skills, knowledge and abilities: Working knowledge of all communication center policies and procedures. Ability to function as a team member within the department. Proficiency with call-creation of emergency and non-emergency incidents to include the following:
- 1) Make decisions quickly and accurately based on prior guidance provided to you.
- 2) Enter data or information (such as names, telephone numbers, license plate sequence, etc.) into a computer using a keyboard…
