by ECC Editor | May 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
GALVA, Ill. — Henry County Sheriff’s Office officials say that due to outages at Frontier Communications, many residents in the Galva area may not be able to reach 9-1-1 on their house lines.
The partial outage mean that some Galva residents may not be able to reach 9-1-1 or other phone numbers on lines from Frontier, and other carriers may not be able to reach the normal number of the Henry County Sheriff’s Office themselves due to the outage… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | May 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office received notification today that the Public Safety Answering Point; 9-1-1 Center in Hardin County has once again achieved compliance with the State of Ohio 9-1-1- Program Office’s regulations for PSAPs.
These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following: Continued education for telecommunicators, a training program for new telecommunicators, and technical/mechanical standards in the dispatch center… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – A Punta Gorda man called 911 multiple times and asked deputies to deliver him ice cream and liquor, according to Charlotte County deputies.
Last Saturday, deputies responded to a Punta Gorda apartment after Michael James Gables, 65, called 911 to report an ’emergency.’ When deputies arrived at Gables’ apartment, he asked them to take a $20 bill that was on the couch and return to his place with some liquor… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
The week is designated to recognize them for all that they do in their vital role in helping ensure the public are safe, but also for looking out for Law Enforcement Officers, Fire Fighters, Emergency Medical personnel and the many other persons whom they dispatch, sheriff’s office officials said in a press release.
“Our county dispatchers are constantly learning and implementing new procedures, protocols and technologies, especially in this rapidly changing world that we are now living in,” officials said in the release. “New procedures… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 25, 2020 | Opinions
We’ve previously reiterated our support for regional dispatch centers, which offer smaller communities the ability to pool their emergency-response resources, with an added enticement of state aid.
That’s why we were pleased to see that Tewksbury and Dracut went ahead with their plans, even after other initially interested communities opted out of the discussion.
That commitment was set in stone with state funds that allowed for the construction of the $4.35… READ MORE
