by ECC Editor | Jun 22, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
National Emergency Number Association (NENA) CEO Brian Fontes said it is “false” that his organization would oppose legislation that would provide $15 billion in federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments, but he reiterated NENA’s stance that some language in the existing proposal should be changed.
NENA’s position on the NG911 funding language in the U.S. House infrastructure bill—known as the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act, or LIFT America Act—is being mischaracterized by some as opposition, Fontes said during a keynote interview at the virtual Conference for Advancing Public Safety (CAPS) event hosted by Mission Critical Partners. NENA believes there are “many, many good aspects” of the legislation, particularly the $15 billion in federal funds with no requirement of a local match, he said… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 22, 2021 | Comm Center News
Mayor Sylvester Turner has appointed the interim director of the Houston Emergency Center to the permanent role, according to a press release.
Robert Mock took on the interim role on Feb. 1, a day after the previous director, David Cutler, retired. Cutler served as the director of the Houston Emergency Center since July 2005.
The Houston Emergency Center, a division of the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security, was developed in 2003 to consolidate three emergency communications centers for 911: the Neutral Public Safety Answering Point, Police Department Emergency Communications Division and Fire Department Emergency Communications Operations. The center takes over 1.8 million emergency calls and over 800,000 non-emergency calls yearly… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 21, 2021 | Comm Center News
Upper Arlington is eyeing an estimated $2.5 million in security upgrades and renovations to the city’s Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road.
Space from the city’s former 911 dispatching room can be incorporated into either the existing UAPD space or City Attorney’s Office, or both, because Upper Arlington outsourced its 911 dispatching operations to the Northwest Regional Emergency Communications Center in Dublin in 2018… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 21, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Harker Heights City Council, at a recent meeting, heard a report from City Manager David Mitchell, concerning the updating of the Bell County 9-1-1 Communications Center Agreement, which, in addition to Harker Heights, serves Killeen, Temple, Belton, and Bell County (county events) and pays for one-half of the center’s operating costs.
The original agreement, set up in 2002, established a Regulatory Board of Operations (RBO) that consisted of the four city managers and the Bell County judge. Under the updated agreement, the fire chiefs are now members of the RBO and serve as technicians on the board. Now that the chiefs attend, the RBO has eight members and represents all the cities served by the 9-1-1 Center, which is located in Belton… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 21, 2021 | Comm Center News
Watch “9-1-1 Where is Your Emergency?” featuring John Cronin, Emergency Medical Services Manager, Saint Clare’s Health as he discusses what happens as soon as a 9-1-1 call is placed.
This video from the Saint Clare’s Health online series, ’Let’s Talk Health’, hosted by Brian Finestein, Chief Executive Officer of Saint Clare’s Health, originally aired on June 17. [VIDEO]… READ MORE
