by ECC Editor | Jan 19, 2022 | Comm Center News
The board governing 911 operations at the St. Francois County Joint Communications Center heard about finances, year-end call totals and the Simms Mountain Tower project during its virtual meeting last Wednesday.
Board member and finance committee chairwoman Ginger Taylor announced there was a surplus of $1,148,000 at the end of the year.
“So that’s exciting. I think that’s probably the largest surplus we’ve seen on the board since we’ve been here. So I was really thrilled about that,” she said. “I’m very appreciative of that sales tax initiative and the fact that our citizens in our county, saw fit to make this happen… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 19, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Federal legislation (Kari’s Law and RAY BAUM’s Act) and their mutually inclusive regulations, including finding, routing, and reporting an E-911 emergency event, have phased into place over the last few years. The final requirements of the RAY BAUM’s Act, dispatchable location for non-fixed voice endpoints— just went live January 6, 2022. You’ve heard the trumpets sound off about these requirements for several years now. If your organization has already put an Enterprise NG/E-911 (911) solution in place, excellent. Even so, further mitigation may be required to comply with the latest RAY BAUM’s Act requirements. If you are currently seeking a 911 solution for your organization, you’ll need to fast-track your road map and implementation plan to get one in place ASAP… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
Trumbull County and its three commissioners are named in an age discrimination civil rights lawsuit filed by former county 911 director Ernest Cook.
Filed in U.S. District Court, the attorney for the 70-year-old Cook alleges that he was removed a year ago from the job which he held since 2015.
Cook claims he was replaced with someone his lawsuit alleges was less qualified and 30 years younger than him.
The suit claims that commissioner Niki Frenchko ran for County Commissioner on a platform of “Getting rid of the good old boys” which Cook says resulted in the decision to terminate at least five senior County employees. The lawsuit did not name the five employees and Frenchko says the claim is not accurate… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
KINGMAN – The Kingman City Council will consider purchasing a Fire Priority Dispatch software add-on for the Kingman Regional 911 Dispatch Center at the Tuesday, Jan. 18 meeting. It’s set for 5 p.m. in council chambers at 310 N. 4th St.
The city’s communications center installed the Medical Priority Dispatch (MPDS) protocols in 2015 for structured medical call-taking software, ProQA. According to the agenda, the medical protocols success over the past seven years will allow the department to implement Fire Priority Dispatch System protocols utilizing the same ProQA software, which can be switched by the call-taker for fire incidents. The software would allow quality assurance for training purposes and liability reduction for call-takers… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
Texting, videos and images will be a part of a new 9-1-1 system being rolled out over the next three years.
E-Comm, which handles police, fire and ambulance calls, is being mandated by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to overhaul its system, which will modernize large aspects of it – like having the technology to know where people are calling from – and expand it to allow other emergency services to be included in the system… READ MORE
