by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 19, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
INDUSTRY INSIGHT
Android has an 85% market share globally, which makes it very user-friendly. It also offers a number of key benefits to enterprise users that aren’t available with other OS options. Of course, migrating agencies to a new technology is not as easy as buying a mobile device from a local retail store or wireless carrier. Public-safety IT professionals should prioritize their unique security and operational needs when shopping for a new mobility solution. Here are some key questions to ask when evaluating the various OS options and comparing consumer-grade, business-grade and enterprise-grade rugged devices…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
Mike Myers, Portland’s former fire chief and the city’s current emergency management director, has been selected to serve as the city’s new community safety transition director.
In his third major job for the city, Myers will be responsible for guiding systemic change in all of Portland’s public safety bureaus, looking for ways to save money by integrating fiscal or other business operations between bureaus and helping to create a public safety strategic plan for the city…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency was declared on March 13, 2020. Once a public health emergency is declared, cities activate an Emergency Operations Center to quickly mobilize staff and resources to best meet the immediate and then ongoing needs of the community throughout the emergency. For the COVID-19 emergency, staff have been reassigned from their day-to-day duties to critical roles to ensure the City prioritizes the community’s public health and minimizes the risks of COVID-19 exposures at every step…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Lafayette Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has moved out of the basement at the courthouse, and into a new facility on West Willow Street.
Director Craig Stansbury says the $9.7 million emergency center comes with better technology to provide better efficiency in responding to calls. Stansbury says supporting the employees is a top priority…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
Emergency 911 dispatchers in Bristol and Washington County in Southwest Virginia can now receive text messages from citizens who have an emergency and can’t make a regular call.
The Bristol Virginia Police Department and Washington County Central Dispatch have begun accepting text-to-911 service for their territories…
