by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
GREEN BAY, Wis.(WFRV)- For one week, Brown County has been using a new operating system called FLEX. “FLEX is our computer aided dispatch system, which is kind of the heart of the operation,” said Cullen Peltier Director of Public Safety Communications for Brown County. The new system replaces an older system that had been in use for nearly 20-years. “This is one of our main three communications tools that we use every day,” said Peltier…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
A La Porte County 911 dispatcher is hailed a hero after delivering her first baby over the phone.
Melissa Elder has only been a La Porte County 911 dispatcher for about a year now. To successfully aid a couple in giving birth and help them administer CPR, she says, is a huge win not only for her, but for the entire department…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
Mineral County Sheriff Mike Toth is lobbying for new equipment for the county’s 911 center.
The current equipment at the 911 emergency call center, known to most as ‘dispatch’, at the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office was installed in 2008.
“It’s on life support,” Toth said. “911 center’s equipment has a life span of five years, so we have passed the ‘borrowed time’ twice over”…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
BATAVIA — Genesee County is almost at full strength among its Emergency Dispatch Center staff, with one vacant part-time dispatcher position expected to be filled in about a week. COVID-19 and its potential impact on staffing is never far from the administration’s mind, however.
Assistant Director of Emergency Communications/Operations Frank Riccobono said Tuesday that even before COVID-19 was a household word, Al Cheverie, who was with the Genesee County Health Department at the time, Tim Yaeger from Emergency Management and he met to discuss plans for the county and the dispatch center…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2020 | Jobs
- Receives and relays information for service by telephone and two-way radio. Records all information in the Daily Activity Report Log.
- Handles the daily accounting of all officers’ equipment, such as radios, keys, etc. which are checked in/out for shifts. Records detailed information in logs as required. Maintains Officer zone assignments and dispatches officers based on location in a timely manner to assist in deterring potential criminal activity and for emergency situations requiring Officer response…
