by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 27, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
IWCE Virtual on August 24-27,2020 brought the global critical communications community together for 5 days of education, networking, new technology trends and much more! Now you can catch up on up on some of the most impactful sessions you might have missed at the show.
In this session, you’ll hear several OEMs and other experts discuss DAS and BDAs for public safety and the current state of the Emergency Responder and Radio Communications Systems (ERRCS). In-building wireless has become an integral part of critical infrastructure for both first responders and citizens, and the marketplace for in-building coverage has expanded dramatically, with FirstNet, new materials and processes in cabling, and new jurisdictional requirements…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
NENA announced today that it has canceled its upcoming in-person events the NG9-1-1 Standards & Best Practices Conference (originally planned for January 21) and 9-1-1 Goes to Washington (originally planned for February 21) due to the ongoing public-health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. NENA is exploring the possibility of hosting a virtual 9-1-1 Goes to Washington in February of 2021 and looks forward to resuming the in-person Standards & Best Practices Conference in January of 2022.
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
Every Friday we honor the people who help us during our darkest times. This week we send the First Responder Friday salute to a veteran dispatcher Judy Puma.
Can you imagine a more stressful job than answering the calls of people who are in pure panic mode? Judy Puma has been doing it for 21 years with the Oneida County 911 Center. Remaining calm when on the other end of the line is someone trying to explain their emergency at a fast rate of speed can’t be easy. Then, Judy has to get the proper location, the type of emergency, and determine a proper response team…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
STUART, Fla. — Martin County is creating a clearer line of communication for first responders.
County leaders announced plans to build a new public safety communications tower in Hobe Sound to enhance radio coverage for paramedics, fire rescue, and law enforcement…
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…
