by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 24, 2020 | Articles
The liberal Democratic mayor of Columbus, Ohio allegedly gave explicit instructions for the police to stand down in the face of violent protesters. Drivers kept calling 911 as they were surrounded by the protesters, with some even laying across the hoods of the cars.
One such conversation with a 911 dispatcher is one from a driver who called 911 and told the dispatcher that protesters on motorcycles were popping wheelies and it was getting dangerous…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 24, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest requires an integrated system of care (chain of survival) between the community elements responding to an event and the healthcare professionals who continue to care for and transport the patient for appropriate interventions. As a result of the dynamic nature of the prehospital setting, coordination and communication can be challenging, and identification of methods to optimize care is essential…
by ECC Editor | Jun 19, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Despite the need for lawmakers to provide emergency relief during COVID-19 pandemic, they must not allow the health crisis to overshadow needs for overdue updates to the country’s aged 911 infrastructure, Brian Fontes, chief executive of the National Emergency Number Association, warned on Wednesday.
Fontes, whose organization earlier this year conducted surveys of the nation’s public safety answering points, or PSAPs, to better understand how the health crisis is affecting the ability of those call centers… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators, SAFECOM and the Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications have released a fact sheet to help law enforcement and public safety agencies manage encryption keys in order to protect voice communications from unauthorized personnel.
The Encryption Key Management Fact Sheet provides information on how public safety agencies can manage cryptographic keys and reasons why agencies should encrypt land mobile radio systems, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Friday…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The FCC has set an accuracy requirement for the “Z” or height axis used to determine location of a person inside a building at three meters (9.842 feet). This will result in more accurate location determination than previous calculations that did not include the Z-Axis, but it still falls short when pinpoint locations are needed. Many within the public-safety community are calling for “to the floor and to the door” location…
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
As new COVID-19 cases continue to rise in 22 states and strain emergency departments nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) suggest ER visits in April were down 42% across the country compared to the same period last year.
Additionally, new data from ImageTrend Collaborate™, a national pre-hospital de-identified database, suggests 9-1-1 means of transport are down 29% from January 2020 to April 2020. Yet, heart attacks and strokes haven’t stopped for COVID-19… READ MORE
