by ECC Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
ELLSWORTH — On Jan. 13, councilors approved $25,000 in matching funds for a design study that will look at connecting the city’s bike/pedestrian path that ends on Birch Avenue to the Down East Sunrise Trail, the mixed-use path that terminates on High Street near Beals Avenue.
[…] Councilors also unanimously approved continuing to contract with the Hancock County Regional Communications Center (RCC) for overnight dispatch services, which Police Chief Glenn Moshier said… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Articles
RIO GRANDE VALLEY/PHARR – Telecommunications company AT&T donated $101,570.00 to South Texas’ College first responders pilot program. The program is housed at the Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence (RCPSE) facility in Pharr where 80 low-income students have the opportunity to earn or re-certify a first responder certification… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
We stopped by the 911 Call Center as a four-legged friend named Texsi was on duty to come to their rescue.
AUSTIN, Texas — When there’s an emergency, 911 dispatchers are the first ones we call, but who comes to their rescue?
They deal with stressful events on a daily basis and it turns out, furry friends are right there to provide some relief.
KVUE stopped by Austin’s 911 Call Center. It’s filled with operators from Austin police, fire and EMS departments who are making sure in any crisis, help is on the way…READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
It was supposed to be a simple fix.
New Jersey desperately needed an overhaul of its antiquated 911 emergency response system. To pay for it, a small fee was placed on every resident’s phone bill.
Yet in the decade since the fee was instituted, the fund has been raided repeatedly to help pay for other public safety expenses, like search and rescue… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
IPSWICH — Town Meeting will vote on a combined public safety building at the the corner of Pineswamp and Linebrook roads, across from Our Lady of Hope church, at the fall meeting, Robert Weatherall told the Tri-Board at its meeting Tuesday, Jan 21.
The vote had originally been scheduled for spring Town Meeting.
Weatherall said, after the meeting, under building truck, car and equipment storage was a key factor in the delay, affecting both the building design and cost… READ MORE
