SPRINGFIELD —
The City of Springfield will not join the new Clark County dispatch center despite years of negotiations between the city and county government.
“Public safety and 911 dispatch are the most critical services that the public relies on us to provide,” Heck said. “We work diligently every day to improve the level of service and support all of our partners in … READ MORE
PAOLA – The Miami County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center is poised for an equipment upgrade.
The sheriff’s office has learned it will receive a $284,272.80 state grant to purchase four P25 IP based dispatch consoles, according to a news release issued Tuesday, Nov. 12.
“This grant will help offset costs to upgrade the radio communications system within the communications center,” Sheriff Frank Kelly said.
More than $2.75 million in grant money was awarded to the state of Kansas… READ MORE
NEEDHAM — After 10 years in the Navy as a fighter pilot – deployed in Japan and Washington state, Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Ping secured a master of science degree in emergency management and began working for Needham in 2017 as the town’s emergency management administrator.
Then, in early 2018, the Naval reservist got a call to redeploy. Six months later, she found herself at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar assigned to a non-flying role in the U.S. military’s Combined Air Operations Center.
“The town was really supportive of me … READ MORE
Albemarle County wants to shift from a regional emergency management coordinator to a county-specific staff member.
Currently, the Charlottesville-UVa-Albemarle Office of Emergency Management is a division within the regional Emergency Communications Center and is proportionally funded by the City of Charlottesville, the University of Virginia and Albemarle.
County staff are recommending… READ MORE
County staff say overtime has “exploded” at the Carroll County Emergency Communications Center and more people are needed to take 911 calls.
One county commissioner at Thursday’s board meeting pushed for the county to hire more staff immediately, but the rest of the board would rather wait to see what funding becomes available.
At full operating capacity, the emergency communications center has 32 staff members, according to Scott Campbell … READ MORE
