by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
City of Lithonia officials announced that residents can sign up for real-time public safety updates after Lithonia Police Department partnered with Nixle to implement a community notification system.
Lithonia officials said residents who sign up will receive real-time alerts for “localized emergency situations and relevant community advisories.”
All alerts will be targeted geographically—according to city officials—letting residents receive localized, relevant alerts from Lithonia Police Department…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Jobs
The Borough of South Plainfield is looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals to join our team of talented and valued Public Safety Telecommunicators. We are currently hiring full time and per diem Telecommunicators/Dispatchers to perform various technical tasks designed to assist in public safety and welfare in directing proper police, fire, and first aid/rescue personnel…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
Each year the South Carolina Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials present the Palmetto Award to a person who reflects exceptional professionalism in the field of emergency communications and inspires others in the field…
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by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
A two way radio for drones from Dotterel Technologies means that drone operators could actually have a two-way conversation with people on the ground.
The sophisticated audio payload allows for communications despite the sound of the drone itself. The applications for a two way radio for drones are tremendous, but Dotterel has started out with one of the most compelling: search and rescue…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
California 911 centers now can receive vehicle-crash data and injury-severity predictions from OnStar through the RapidDeploy’s RadiusPlus map application that has been installed at the 450 public-safety answering points (PSAPs) in the state, according to an announcement released this week.
Budge Currier, 911 and emergency-communications branch manager for California, said the initiative will enhance the ability for 911 centers to process quickly the considerable amount of telematics information generated by OnStar when a vehicle crash occurs…
