by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
Sarah Hills, Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon, Lead Dispatcher, CTO, RPL, APCO Awards Committee Chair
How did you get your start in emergency communications?
I applied for the job while on maternity leave with my second child in February 2007. In August 2007, I received a call asking if I was still interested in a position in the local police department’s dispatch center. I did not remember applying for this job, but thought, what the heck. I had no idea what a dispatcher did. In fact, my idea of a 911 center was a national center that took calls for the entire nation and then gave them to individual first responder departments for response. After my first sit along, I was hooked. Today I cannot see myself doing any other profession; I love helping others on the phone, training and mentoring in the center, and volunteering on the national level…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 7, 2021 | Jobs
The City of Tustin Police Department is currently seeking applicants for lateral or dispatcher academy enrolled Police Communications Officer I. This recruitment is open to candidates who have worked as a 911 dispatcher within the last 2 years, or are currently enrolled in a POST Public Safety Dispatcher Academy or graduated from one in the last 6 months. This recruitment is conducted on a continuous basis to meet the needs of the City as vacancies occur and may close at any time.
To be considered, a City application, supplemental questionnaire AND typing certification (35 nwpm) must be submitted. For typing certification requirements, CLICK HERE.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 7, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Repeal of T-Band Giveback
As many of you know, there was jubilation within the public-safety community when the bill that included formation of FirstNet was signed in 2012. That is until we came to the condition that, in ten years, eleven major metropolitan areas and their surrounding suburbs were to lose public-safety spectrum along with some businesses using spectrum previously allocated to TV stations. This 470–512-MHz spectrum had been broken into 6-MHz swaths to accommodate TV stations. Some of these blocks were assigned to public-safety agencies in major metro areas and some to business users. This T-Band spectrum is shared spectrum that would otherwise serve TV channels 14-20…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 6, 2021 | Jobs
Summary
About the Position: Serves as a Supervisory Dispatcher administering emergency services communications operations in the DES
Central 911 Communications Center, Fort Knox, KY.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the installation subject matter expert concerning emergency dispatch services.
- Administer emergency services communications operations for a large Army installation.
- Provide emergency medical dispatch assistance to callers with medical emergencies…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 5, 2021 | Comm Center News, Video
With a COVID-19 surge that is killing one person every 15 minutes in California’s Los Angeles County, the 911 emergency medical system has been stretched to the brink. [CLICK READ MORE TO VIEW VIDEO]…
