by ECC Editor | Aug 27, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Axon yesterday launched Respond, a cloud-based, real-time operations platform that marks the company’s entry into the computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) arena and is designed to help agencies leverage information from a various connected devices to enhance response efforts, according to a company official.
“We stepped back and said, ‘We want to do this right.’ We don’t want to get into this space just to replicate what has existed before,” Josh Pepper, Axon’s vice president of product management, said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Aug 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
“911 McDowell County, what is the address of your emergency?”
“My friend isn’t breathing, I don’t know what she took! Get help here now!”
This has become an all too familiar call sequence to the 911 Emergency Response Center for McDowell. The 911 telecommunicator remains calm while your distraught voice on the other end of the call has a loved one in a crisis situation that you’re unprepared to handle. The 911 telecommunicator’s training and our cooperation can mean the difference in live or death… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Aug 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Kalispell City Council is set to take up an emergency services levy.
It’s on the agenda for Monday night’s work session.
Council members will decide whether to put the levy to a public vote on November’s ballot… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Aug 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
Beginning today, Marylanders have the option of texting 9-1-1 for help if they cannot call the number.
In an emergency, it is not always possible to speak out loud so the Maryland assembly adopted a way to enable those with a cell phone to text in their emergency. Sen. Cheryl Kagan of District 17, NG911 commission chair, headed the effort… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Aug 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
Another step toward Gulf Coast State College President Dr. John Holdnak’s vision to transform Gulf County into a magnet for drone technology in the region.
The board of Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., last week gave final approval to a $5.147 million grant to GCSC to establish a Technical Center for Emergency Response and Communications at the Gulf/Franklin campus… READ MORE
