by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
SPARTA, NJ – On a fall day in 2019, a young boy riding his bicycle rolled onto the main road near his Sussex County home. The reverberations from an oncoming dump truck would signal danger to any adult. For this boy they foretold death. Someone placed a 911 call.
Scot Sorensen, 49, is the 911 Coordinator for the Sparta Police Department SPD. The dispatcher has answered over 100,000 calls during his 25 years on the job. The call about the 2-year-old boy stands as the worst in his career…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
12 Kentucky State Police telecommunicators, one of whom is from Grayson County, were recognized at graduation ceremonies for the 16th class of the agency’s in-house Telecommunications Academy.
KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer told the graduates that the role of a telecommunicator at KSP is one of the most pivotal positions in the agency.
“You are the voice of agency when the public calls in and desperately needs help, and that voice will set the stage for whether the situation turns out well or not,” said Brewer…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
ROSEVILLE — A South East Regional Emergency Services Authority dispatcher recently received an award for 2020 Telecommunicator of the Year.
Kathryn Schmelzer has worked for SERESA for two years and was nominated for the award by her supervisors. She was chosen over dispatchers from throughout Michigan. She is receiving the award from the Michigan Association of Public Safety Communications Officials, which oversees dispatchers all over the state…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Gibson County Emergency Dispatch held a social distancing trunk-or-treat.
Cars drove by with kids inside in the Gibson County E-911 parking lot. First responders passed out candy in order to bring a since of normalcy during COVID-19.
Because of the pandemic, kids are not able to walk up to homes while trick-or-treating, so first responders brought it to them…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
A group of 14 Butler County fire departments was hoping to receive $2 million to replace obsolete radios, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected the application this week.
“We are disappointed that we were not awarded the grant but understood going in that (Assistance to Firefighters Grants) are very competitive,” said Liberty Twp. Fire Chief Ethan Klussman, whose department led the grant effort…
