by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 1, 2021 | Comm Center News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – The radio dispatch system used to send ambulances on emergency calls in Gainesville and Alachua County is at the center of a dispute between GRU, the city, and the county.
Leaders from the City of Gainesville and Alachua County are meeting with GRU officials to discuss the issue at a meeting on Monday.
For years, the city and county paid GRU on a monthly basis for access to the system, however, GRU is now demanding a rate increase…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 31, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
The following is a statement from Edward Parkinson, CEO of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), on key network developments:
The FirstNet Authority is pleased to see the adoption of the FirstNet network continue to grow at a fast pace. First responders need a network that works for them, and with the number of connections almost doubling since late 2019, it is clear that FirstNet is providing them with the capabilities they want and need.
It is also exciting to see how FirstNet is transforming the marketplace for public safety. These new mission-ready solutions are delivering innovative capabilities into the hands of first responders. Through our engagements with public safety, they identified these features as essential to advancing the FirstNet user experience, so we are thrilled to see them move from concept to reality…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
They served Athens as members of the police department for more than a quarter-century; this week, Sgt. Brett W. Morman and Dispatcher Patricia D. Garza received good wishes and honors from the department for their contributions which began under Chief David Harris in the ’90s.
Morman could be seen out working cases or at the scene of a wreck since he came on board in December 1995. He was promoted to the rank of detective in 1998. Morman achieved the rank of sergeant in 2003…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
Callers to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office will no longer be greeted by the voice of a dispatcher whose primary role is to field emergency 9-1-1 calls.
Since Tuesday, Jan. 26, calls have been picked up by an automated answering system. The change is designed to “better serve callers while prioritizing the most critical calls,” a Sheriff’s Department press release stated…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
State Sen. Cathy Osten, who worked for more than two decades as a corrections officer and lieutenant for the Department of Corrections, has spearheaded the fight for mental health coverage through workers’ compensation since she first entered the legislature in 2012, the same year as the Sandy Hook shooting that led to the deaths of 26 children and staff. In its aftermath, labor advocates, municipalities, and legislators debated whether workers’ compensation should cover first responders who witnessed the shooting and experienced PTSD as a direct result, or just those who were the victims of physical violence.
She has also introduced a more narrow bill, which would only cover corrections staff, 9-1-1 dispatchers, and EMTs…
