by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
Marion County commissioners said Tuesday that they are looking to CARES Act money as the means of a possible tax break next year for their constituents.
Commissioners agreed to put in a single request for the remaining $34.5 million available through Phase 3 of the CARES Act.
They’ll get reimbursed for payroll related to the jail, EMS, emergency management and public safety communications. The money will go right into the general fund…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
CLEVELAND — It’s a boy!
Heights Hillcrest Communications Center announced in a Facebook post that one of their dispatchers guided a woman through childbirth over the phone.
According to the post, the call came in at approximately 4:43 p.m. on Saturday, November 28th, and told the dispatcher that a woman in the home was in active labor…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
December 2, 2020 – Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission – and who appears to be considered for elevation to chairman of the agency under President-elect Joe Biden – advocated that the T-Band auction be stopped by Congress and that the status of 911 responders be changed.
Speaking at a conference of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials on Tuesday, Rosenworcel reiterated that there has long been bipartisan support for not having auctions in the T-Band…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Paducah Police Department’s 911 Emergency Communications Division has achieved re-accreditation through the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police, the department announced Tuesday.
The division first was accredited in 2016. The process requires a dispatch center to demonstrate commonly accepted standards for efficient and effective operations. KACP representatives conduct on-site reviews of records, systems and dispatch procedures…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
MANCHESTER, N.H. — In New Hampshire, there is a highly specialized group of first responders who are never seen but are critical to public safety, dispatchers. Officials say it is a top priority to protect them because a COVID-19 outbreak would be devastating. >> Download the free WMUR app. Chief…
