by ECC Editor | Feb 28, 2020 | Comm Center News
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Wireless Emergency Alerts allow public safety officials to send warnings directly to cell phones in case of a potentially life-threatening incident. Recently, though, erroneous alerts have gone out with long delays in correcting the messages.
It isn’t a new concept. False alarms aren’t new, either.
On Feb. 20, 1971, at 9:33 a.m. on a Saturday, wire service teletypes across the United States spit out an… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 28, 2020 | Articles
FirstNet subscribers—more than 11,000 public-safety agencies representing more than 1.2 million connection—have access to an expanding AT&T LTE network that covers more than 2.61 million miles in the U.S., making the coverage difference between AT&T and Verizon “nearly imperceptible,” according to an AT&T executive.
“And we’re on target to add more coverage than them again this year. By expanding our wireless coverage footprint, we’re laying the foundation for 5G… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 28, 2020 | Articles, Opinions
[…] This follows a history of investigations into major fire disasters in Australia dating back to 1939 — all aimed at introducing measures to prevent fires, save lives and protect property. We all welcome the discussion to do things better — but we also want to see effective action. Regardless of who you talk to, the lack of resilience and interoperability of communications during a disaster is a constant theme. We’ve heard countless examples of communication failures — networks going down, old radios that don’t work and the use of improvised methods in the field, such as mobile messaging apps, so that our extraordinary volunteers, staff and agencies can just get the job done of saving lives and property.
by ECC Editor | Feb 28, 2020 | Articles
The Muleshoe Police Department has been undergoing training and making transitions to programs that will allow them great accessibility to information so that they can better serve the public.
“We just transitioned to FirstNet through AT&T,” McHone said. “It enhances communications and increases interoperability with state, county and local authorities.”
He added that although Muleshoe is a relatively small department, as many as 15,000 cars a day can come through the community… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 28, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Emergency Services Center on County Services Drive is getting a new phone system. Members of the Putnam County Emergency Communications District unanimously approved the emergency purchase of a new Mitel phone system for the building Thursday.
The purchase is not to exceed $41,000. There are 64 phones in the emergency services building, Putnam County 911 Director Penny Foister said… READ MORE
