by ECC Editor | Feb 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) – There is a push to create a statewide 911 connected system in Ohio. It’s part of House Bill 445.
Andrew Knapp, the communications director for the Hamilton County Communications Center says the current 911 system was developed for landlines decades ago.
He says in many places outside large urban areas like Hamilton County, you’re only able to call for help.
Even when you can get through, if you don’t know your exact location, don’t count on dispatchers always being able to pinpoint where you are. HB 445 would also push for every county to have next gen 911 services… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
“Honorees, you may now break ground,” boomed over the loudspeaker. The honorees plunged their shovels into the ground and tossed the loosened dirt forwards, signifying the beginning of construction for the new building.
Joint Base Andrews hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the upgraded Consolidated Communications Center on base, Feb. 2, 2022.
The project is a joint effort between the Air Force District of Washington, the 316th Wing, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command of Washington D.C. and the London-based infrastructure group Balfour Beatty… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 7, 2022 | Comm Center News
Spokane Fire Department Lt. Brandon Bacon’s base salary of more than $102,000 is already pretty good. It’s almost twice the median household income in the city.
But that’s not nearly as lucrative as what, in one sense, could be considered his second job: Working overtime for the city.
And every single one of them — Thomas, Archibald, Haughton, Heizer, and both Bacons — made over $200,000 last year. In 2021, skyrocketing overtime boosted at least 12 city employees over the $200,000 mark, and every single one of them was a firefighter or fire dispatcher… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
Sumter County residents now have access to enhanced Next Generation 911 services following a recent move to further modernize the county’s emergency call management system.
Sumter County’s newly implemented NG911 system represents the latest in public safety technology. The county’s digital transformation to the Lumen NG911 platform improves the delivery of emergency calls and helps reduce response times by quickly and accurately pinpointing and routing a caller’s location, so first responders can better assist during an emergency… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 5, 2022 | Comm Center News
KINGSPORT. Tenn. (WJHL) – Early Monday morning, Kingsport residents living near Eastman Chemical awoke to a plume of steam and a loud boom.
“I live right across the street from Eastman, and there’s been an explosion,” one caller told Kingsport 9-1-1.
News Channel 11 obtained dozens of 9-1-1 calls made in regards to what Eastman has classified as a “high-pressure steam line failure” earlier this week… READ MORE
