by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
Dec. 9, 2020 – Gainesville Fire Rescue’s (GFR) Chief Jeffrey Lane has been awarded the prestigious Chief Harlin R. McEwen Public Safety Broadband Communications Award (Harlin McEwen Award) for his outstanding leadership and contributions to advancing broadband communications for public safety personnel across the nation.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) announced the award today at its quarterly Board meeting. The award was created in honor of Chief (ret.) Harlin R. McEwen, who was a driving force in the establishment of FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network, and was the founding chair of the FirstNet Authority’s Public Safety Advisory Committee…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 10, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules to implement the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, further protecting the security of the United States and the safety of U.S. communications networks.
Specifically, the Second Report and Order approved today requires the Commission to publish a list of communications equipment and services determined to be a risk to national security that has been identified either by (1) executive branch interagency bodies with appropriate national security experience; (2) the Department of Commerce pursuant to its authority under Executive Order 13873; (3) Congress in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, or (4) U.S. national security agencies. Once Congress appropriates funding, eligible telecommunications carriers that receive universal service funding to provide service in remote areas of the country must remove such equipment or services from their networks and properly dispose of it…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 10, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
“Vehicular communications hubs” are a logical combination of communications resources into multi-function communications devices. This is a natural progression for public-safety and critical-communications systems that…
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by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
Hunterdon County’s Communications Division, the 911 dispatch center, was recognized by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) for its “consistent dedication and distinguished service during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Freeholder Matt Holt reported at a recent freeholder meeting…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
NEW LEXINGTON – One common point of discussion during Perry County Technical Advisory Committee meeting boiled down to one word: training.
“They need some training, some help somewhere along the way,” said Somerset-Reading EMS Chief Mike Henderson, who sits on the committee representing fire and EMS agencies in the county. That board is chaired by Shawnee Township Fire Chief John Arkley and Thorn Township Fire Chief Jeremy Weekly…
