by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2019 | Comm Center News
An analysis of options for separating
law enforcement and fire protection dispatch services will be
considered by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors when it
meets Tuesday in Santa Barbara.
Separating
the services would allow law enforcement dispatchers to concentrate on
that aspect and would provide all the county’s fire agencies, which
already cooperate extensively with a single dispatch service able to
coordinate various departments.
It would also provide a redundant public service answering point to the primary one the Sheriff’s Office operates at…
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2019 | Comm Center News
WOOSTER — Elected officials from Wooster, Orrville and Wayne County
said Friday they are ending discussions about forming a countywide
emergency dispatch center after determining that combining 911 services
would not save money.
Mayors from both cities and the Wayne
County commissioners concluded that creating a joint dispatch center
would result in higher operational costs, estimated between $100,000 and
$150,000 a year, they said in a prepared statement. The officials have
been exploring the possibility since June 2018.
Moving the current Wayne County dispatch center and the Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments center, which also dispatches for….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2019 | Comm Center News
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – The township is considering a shared services
agreement with Union County to provide dispatch services for first
responders.
In a presentation to the Township Council at their September 24
meeting, Berkeley Heights Police Chief John DiPasquale explained the
agreement and how it would benefit the township and its residents.
“The Union County Regional Communications Center would be the primary answering and dispatch point for all requests for service from police, fire, and EMS,” DiPasquale said. “The current ten-digit non-emergency telephone number for Berkeley Heights police would be answered at…
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2019 | Comm Center News
CHEYENNE – A truck providing improved communications for first
responders in rural areas will be available to all Wyoming law
enforcement agencies that opt into a new program.
The vehicle was on the scene during a proclamation ceremony recognizing first responders Friday afternoon at the state Capitol.
“What
this is going to allow us to do in Laramie County is we can all be on a
singular device and operate in unison,” Laramie County Sheriff Danny
Glick said after the ceremony.
The truck provides cell service whenever first responders need it for wildfires or….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2019 | Comm Center News
BUTLER COUNTY —
When a Middletown 911 dispatcher recently
answered an emergency call, the elderly woman was unable to give her
address. The woman, who said she was having difficulty breathing, kept
repeating her address number, but not the street.
The dispatcher asked the woman if there was a piece of mail with her address, but she couldn’t locate her glasses.
So the dispatcher looked at the Smart911 screen and realized the woman was calling from Willow Knoll Retirement Community. Without the service, the dispatcher couldn’t have narrowed her search, thus….
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