by ECC Editor | Dec 23, 2020 | Comm Center News
Monday’s Carroll City Council meeting, City Manager, Mike Pogge-Weaver, presented information received at a recent Carroll City/County Communications Center Commission meeting. The data he shared shows calls recorded are for more than just 911.
Fifty percent of the cost is covered by the City of Carroll and 50 percent by the county. Pogge-Weaver says when broken down, the city residents pay 68.5 percent of the total bill for the communications center through property taxes. He says the question is raised again as to whether or not this is equitable… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Dec 23, 2020 | Comm Center News, Uncategorized
LINCOLN — The former Verizon Wireless call center has a new tenant, and it’s not who you might expect.
The Nebraska State Patrol announced Monday that it would consolidate most of its operations in the building at 4600 Innovation Drive, near Interstate 80 and Northwest First Street.
The patrol said it has entered into a 20-year lease for about 75% of the 113,000-square-foot building and expects to move in in March… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Dec 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
There’s another option for Athens County residents to contact emergency dispatching services and connect with emergency responders, as the 9-1-1 dispatching center in the county has launched a texting service to compliment the longstanding call service.
Effective Jan. 1, 2021, residents can send a text to 9-1-1 on cell phones and connect with a dispatcher. It is important to remember that the fastest way to connect and receive emergency responses is by calling 9-1-1, but texting will allow for those with hearing impairments or in dangerous situations to connect with law enforcement… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Dec 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
IMPHAL: Chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday launched an emergency response support system at the 1st BN Manipur Rifles complex in Imphal.
People can now call on 112 to activate the system when they require emergency assistance from the police, fire service, and health department… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Dec 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
About 75 times a day, Rochelle Esparza will answer the phone with the same response, “St. Joseph 911, where’s your emergency?”
Esparza has been a St. Joseph 911 dispatcher for 12 years, and each day is completely different than the last. As a dispatcher, Esparza, as well as three to four others, answer 911 calls and the non-emergency line for all of Buchanan County while monitoring their radio and communicating with the St. Joseph Police Department, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office and the St. Joseph Fire Department… READ MORE
