by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
Owensboro-Daviess County 911 Dispatch is preparing to dispatch calls for the Daviess County Public Schools Police Department.
On Tuesday night, Owensboro city commissioners approved an agreement allowing the school district’s police departments access to the 911 operations and radio system. Daviess Fiscal Court also has to approve the agreement, but 911 center Director Paul Nave said a goal is to have the 911 center ready to begin transmitting messages to school officers on or before Fiscal Court is scheduled to approve the agreement…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
When a 911 call comes into the Perkins County Communications Center, dispatchers can now pinpoint where a call comes from.
Recent upgrades to the center’s new 911 system, which went online in December 2020, have added mapping capabilities to aid dispatchers on which county emergency units to send.
Perkins County Sheriff Jim Brueggeman said the most recent upgrade adds satellite imagery to the mapping software…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
FAIRFIELD — A firm has been selected to create the emergency communications center for Fairfield and Westport and the lease with Sacred Heart University to house it there has been amended, moving the project closer to reality.
Foley said they held a scope review meeting with that firm and the second lowest bidder, RFG Associates, out of Trumbull…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
This week there are a number of items of interest for those involved in public-safety communications. A rugged handheld device company has given up on ProSe while a Push-To-Talk (PTT) company is launching its second-generation products. And a U.S. Department of Home Security (DHS) report that outlines products designed to equip first responders with tools to make their jobs easier includes a navigation and directions product that is designed to make it easier for first responders to reach the scene of an incident…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
by Doug Berger
A recent grant will allow for the location of 911 callers in Douglas County to be immediately determined. The grant will also allow for text-to-911 in a four county area including Douglas County. The Missouri 911 Service Board recently informed Wri-Comm 911 that a grant award of $770, 200 from its assistance program will benefit 911 coverage in Wright, Howell, Ozark and Douglas counties…
