by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2021 | Comm Center News, Opinions
Dallas County 911 is preparing to honor our dispatchers during National Telecommunicator Week starting April 11. In October 1991, the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials received a congressional and presidential proclamation designating the second full week in April as National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week.
Each year a theme is designated; for 2021, that theme is “Superheroes.” Please join us in showing appreciation for the hard work and sacrifices these men and women make each day as they strive to help protect their communities they serve…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2021 | Jobs
Waldo County Regional Communications Center
9-1-1 Public Safety Dispatcher
The County of Waldo is seeking qualified energetic team player to fill a full-time position in the Communications/9-1-1 Division. If you are one of these individuals, we are now accepting applications for the entry level position of 911 Dispatcher.
In addition to serving your community, Waldo County offers generous pay and a wide range of benefits for employees including but not limited to..
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
Call answer times at the city’s Public Safety Communications Center fell short of national recommendations, leaving more than a quarter of 911 callers waiting more than 20 seconds for their calls to be answered in 2019, according to a report recently obtained by The Gazette.
A consulting agency hired by the city of Colorado Springs offered several recommendations for the city’s dispatch center, after an assessment found inefficiencies in the way call takers answer emergency calls from across the city…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — The township has entered into a contract agreement with Mountain Valley Emergency Communications Center (MVECC), a regional public safety answering point, to provide 9-1-1 services to all Springfield residents and businesses and emergency dispatching services for the Springfield Fire Department and Springfield First Aid Squad.
MVECC will begin answering all wireless and wireline 9-1-1 calls originating in Springfield Township in June. Springfield Township 9-1-1 calls for law enforcement assistance will be transferred directly to the Springfield Police Department, while calls for Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) assistance will be processed and dispatched by MVECC personnel…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2021 | Comm Center News
On Oct. 2 of last year, members of the St. James Emergency Medical Service, St. James Fire and the Watonwan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a head-on collision between a semi and a car.
Dispatcher Emily Bentson received the call that night.
“I was new in the position of dispatch, and this the first big accident that I was on my own by myself. The 911 call came in and it was the driver of the [truck] and all I could hear was ‘oh my God, hurry,'” recalls Bentson, a voluntary EMT…
