The acts of heroism by members of the Monticello and West Iredell fire departments and the Emergency Communications Center won’t be forgotten by the young man whose life they saved last September. They won’t be forgotten in the public record either, as Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey presented them with SAVE awards for their various roles in saving a teenager’s life.
“The first thing that struck me when I saw this was it was certainly a team effort,” Causey said. “It was not any one person, it was eight people coming together as a team to save a life.” …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — E-Comm, in close collaboration with its technology partners at TELUS, Avaya, Komutel and NICE, has successfully received and transferred a voice call in a Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) test environment. NG9-1-1 is a Canada-wide initiative to evolve and modernize existing 9-1-1 services to adapt to emerging technology while ensuring the life-saving system remains effective, secure, and resilient. This marks the first successful test call transfer to be made over the new network, currently in development by TELUS; Western Canada’s 9-1-1 network provider…
PLATTSBURGH — Later this year, those who need emergency assistance in Clinton County will be able to text 911 for help.
Though the preference remains for people to call if they are able, County Office of Emergency Services Director Eric Day sees this as a way for his agency to improve services.
“It’s another avenue by which people can reach us,” he told The Press-Republican…
Putnam County 911 will look to increase its department by adding two full-time dispatchers.
Director Penny Foister said if the employees are included in the county budget this would bring the dispatch staff to 14. Foister said that calls are increasing across the board and funds are finally available to add staff…
A word from Director Schlottach
Gasconade County E-911 has come a long way since it’s beginning in 1995. Having the capability to locate a 911 call on a digital map from a cellular telephone wasn’t even thought of. In it’s early stages, Gasconade County’s 911 Dispatchers used a typewriter to log information received over the telephone and radio. Now we use a complex C.A.D system that does some of the work for us. Our call volume has also risen over the years from under 50 per month to an average of 500 per month. 69% of these calls are now made from Cellular phones…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
