IAFC touts public safety communications sustainment

by | Dec 28, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is extending gratitude to lawmakers for efforts to sustain the T-Band spectrum via the Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act.

Officials maintain the band is critical to public safety interoperable radio communications in major metropolitan areas and surrounding regions nationwide – adding failure to pass the measure would have empowered the Federal Communications Commission to begin auctioning off T-Band spectrum in February…

911 Dispatcher Trainee – Colorado State University

by | Dec 27, 2020 | Jobs

Evaluates urgency of incoming phone calls, prioritize phone call in relationship to other pending calls quickly by analyzing, interpreting and…Company Name : Colorado State UniversityOpen Position : 911 Dispatcher Trainee – Colorado State UniversityLocation Job : Fort Collins, CO 80523Country Job : US…

911 text messaging comes to Navajo and Apache Counties (AZ)

by | Dec 26, 2020 | Comm Center News

HOLBROOK — Residents in Navajo and Apache counties dealing with an emergency now have the option of sending a text message to 911 operators now that new technology has been implemented.

A Monday, Dec. 21 press release from Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Tori Gorman stated that the NCSO, the Show Low Regional Public Safety Communications facility and White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department are all in on the new 911 text messaging option now available because of funding for the required software to get it up an running that came from the Arizona 911 Office…