Job 911 Dispatcher/Jailer (WY)

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking highly motivated individuals that are reliable and want to be part of a team. Qualified candidates should possess the ability to multi-task, possess computer skills and be willing to learn. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is family oriented and treats all employees equally and respectfully. We have tree shifts, 0700-1500, 1500-2300 and 2300-0700 hours, weekends and holidays are required. Successful candidates must pass a drug text, a stringent background investigation and be subject to random drug screening if hired…

ADJUNCT FACULTY, Continuing Education – 9-1-1 ADJUNCT FACULTY, Continuing Education – 9-1-1 Dispatch Operator Instructor (IL)

College of DuPage Homeland Security Training Institute seeks a 9-1-1 Dispatch Operator Adjunct Faculty candidate to teach 9-1-1 (IAED) certified courses.

  • The appropriate candidate should have 5-10 years previous work experience with emergency dispatching and communication center operations.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 3-5 years teaching experince in the 9-1-1 Dispatch/Telecommunications field.
  • A Bachelor’s degree is preferred. However, candidates with a combination of education and experience in the field of emergency dispatch will be considered…

Henrico Emergency Communications Center back to normal (VA)

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — UPDATE (5:45) Henrico County announced that its Emergency communication Center has returned to its normal operating procedures.

They added the cause of today’s outage is currently under review.

Earlier today, an outage at the Henrico Dispatch Communications Center has prompted county officials to have emergency calls rerouted to the city of Richmond, a typical procedure when the center’s systems are affected…

Chevron donates $100000-plus for emergency communications

Prompted in part by this year’s Pine Gulch Fire, Chevron is donating a total of more than $100,000 to entities including Mesa County to help with emergency management communication needs.

The company is donating $38,000 to Mesa County Emergency Services, $30,000 to the town of Rangely, $26,500 to the De Beque Fire Protection District and $15,000 to Garfield County Emergency Management…

Public Safety Advocate: 3GPP Mission-Critical Working Group, MCPTT Standards, T-Band

This week we begin with comments about The FirstNet Authority blog concerning 3GPP and my comments on the 3GPP MCPTT standard and devices in the market today. Next up is the delay in the Senate’s passing of the repeal of the T-Band giveback due to one Senator and hopes for new Majority FCC Commissioners who truly care about how spectrum is used and who needs it instead of doling it out to commercial interests to the detriment of critical-communications systems. 

3GPP Mission-Critical Update

People who, like me, are interested in the mission-critical segment of the 3GPP standards for both 4G (LTE) and 5G networks commented on last week’s Advocate and agreed that sifting through the 3GPP website is quite difficult…