by ECC Editor | Oct 19, 2021 | Comm Center News
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – Calling all job seekers, the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment will hold a job fair to fill several positions.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., future applicants can head to the Wesley House Association at 4507 Lee Avenue for the hiring fair. Employers are looking to hire utility drivers, airport workers, refuse drivers and 911 dispatchers. Refuse workers will receive a $3,000 sign-on bonus.
Since August, city officials have discussed the struggle to fill dispatcher positions. In 2020 and into early 2021, 64% of calls were answered by dispatchers in the city within 10 seconds. A significant decline from 2018 numbers, when nearly 80% of calls were being answered within that same time span… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 19, 2021 | Comm Center News
BUCKHANNON — Officers from multiple departments and telecommunicators, along with city officials, joined to celebrate the First Annual Law Enforcement and Telecommunications Banquet hosted by the Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS) on Saturday.
Local law enforcement agencies including Buckhannon Police Department, Upshur County Sheriff’s Department, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia State Police, Upshur County Security Officers, and Upshur County 911 Telecommunications were all honored at the banquet. VIPS Coordinator Steve Wykoff and Jewel Fisher worked diligently with BPD Chief Matt Gregory to communicate the invite to each of the offices. Wykoff acted as the emcee for the event and provided the musical entertainment… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 18, 2021 | Comm Center News
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – Nearly 40 percent of the 911 operator positions at the Durham Emergency Communications Center (DECC) are now vacant, as the number of operational vacancies is now at 23 as of Friday afternoon, according to city’s website.
For months, the shortage has impacted 911 call pick-up times and responses to emergencies.
In an open records request, CBS 17 obtained emails that show on Aug. 30 the communications center director Randy Beeman sent an email to interim police chief Shari Montgomery that asked if there were any officers who could help with communications at the call center… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
ABILENE, Kan. (WIBW) – Dickinson County Emergency Communications is saying goodbye to late and recently retired Communications Director Russell Wilkins, who passed away on Monday.
The Dickinson County Emergency Communications Center says Russell Wilkins, 60, of Abilene, passed away on Monday, Oct. 11. Wilkins recently retired as the Communications Director for Dickinson Co.
The Emergency Communications Center said Wilkins was born in Abilene, grew up in Navarre and graduated from Chapman High School in 1979. He married Andrea Beth Norton in 1980 and had two sons with her before she passed away in 2008. He then married Angie Woolslayer in 2011, who survives of the home… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 13, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Every second counts in emergency response. That is why real-time communications across multiple agencies and multiple jurisdictions—as well as inside and outside buildings– is critical to ensure the safety of citizens. These communications vehicles are increasingly complex in a mobile environment and yet must be reliable, secure, and easy to use.
There is also a significant shift in the end user technology consumption model for emergency communications. Evolving from rotary-dial land lines to mobile phones to text and video calls. These changes will force emergency communications systems to adapt and leverage newer technologies to improve public safety systems. To that end, improving nation-wide interoperability of emergency communications is a major goal of top federal government emergency executives and their industry partners… READ MORE
