by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 24, 2019 | Comm Center News
Putnam County 911 board members approved a budget Thursday for a new next generation interface system for 911 dispatchers.
The Next Generation 911 system, or NG911, is a nationwide, standards-based, digital emergency communications infrastructure that allows voice and multimedia communications between a 9-1-1 caller and a 911 center, and then to the first-responders in the field, according to 911.gov.
“This is just the interface that dispatchers use to manage the 911 calls as they come in,” said Brandon Smith, assistant Putnam County 911 director.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 24, 2019 | Comm Center News
HALLOWELL – The Maine Public Utilities
Commission has launched a public information campaign to educate Mainers
about calling and texting 911 in an emergency. Two 30-second public
service announcements will began airing statewide in August.
In one PSA, a heart attack emergency is
dramatized with a woman calling 911 on her cell phone. This commercial
reminds viewers to remain calm and provide answers to three critical
questions: What phone number are you calling from? What is the address
of the emergency? Exactly what happened?
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2019 | Comm Center News
What was believed to be a prank call has turned into a $39,000 fine and pending legal action against a State Road man.
Ocean Adrian Hinson, of Noah Hayes Road, has a Sept. 10 court date to
face a misdemeanor count of interfering with emergency communication,
dating back to Oct. 17, 2017.
The Federal Communications Commission has issued a $39,278 fine
against Hinson, citing intentional misuse of a local public-safety radio
communications network in violation of the Communications Act of 1934.
The FCC said Hinson impersonated first responders in unauthorized radio
communications on Surry County’s licensed public-safety frequency.
In a written order against Hinson, the FCC said the incident started
with a residential fire alarm being triggered within the Westfield fire
district. A 911 dispatcher put out a call for service to the Westfield
Volunteer Fire Department.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2019 | Comm Center News
ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) – FOX 5 News broke a story back in June about numerous complaints regarding how the head of Atlanta’s 911 system treated operators including denying them bathroom breaks. Thursday, new developments emerged in that story.
FOX 5 News has learned the city has replaced Angela Barrett and other members of her team.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2019 | Comm Center News
Air Methods, a provider of medical air services, will close its San
Antonio communications center used to dispatch emergency aircraft.
In an emailed statement, the Englewood, Colorado-based company
said it will handle dispatches for its San Antonio-area helicopters and
planes via its communication center location in Omaha, Nebraska.
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