by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 4, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Call it off-network, talk-around, simplex, one-to-one, one-to-many, or peer-to-peer for IT folks, it is all the same. Regardless of how good a network or series of networks is, there are times when those in the field need to take their communications off the network(s) and down to a local level. Public-safety radio communications began with one-way from the stationhouse to the vehicle and then evolved in the 1930s to two-way radio base station-to-mobile and then mobile-to-mobile. After a number of technological advances, we now have multiple networks…
by ECC Editor | Jun 3, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Many measures implemented initially in reaction to demands associated with the COVID-19 pandemic likely will become long-term components of public-safety communications, particularly in the 911 arena, public-safety representatives said during a recent webinar.
Mel Maier, captain of the emergency communications and operations division of the Oakland County (Mich.) Sheriff’s Office, said the COVID-19 situation has illuminated the need for interoperability between public-safety answering points (PSAPs) that allows for efficient transfers of information and resources… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 3, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Download PDFIntroduction: Emergency dispatchers report significant job stress, yet few controlled investigations examine their specific psychological complaints. Additionally, research examining the use of interventions directed at alleviating their work-related stress is limited.
Results: Twenty-three percent (23%) of the sample (n = 27) met criteria for PTSD. Engagement with PTSD Coach over a one-month period resulted in statistically significant decreases in PTSD symptom severity and other psychological indicators…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 2, 2020 | Articles
The Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have sent a joint letter urging the country’s governors and the mayor of Washington, DC, to take steps to ensure that Americans remain connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The joint letter underscores the importance that communications services are playing during the pandemic by enabling Americans’ access to key components of daily life, including telehealth, telework and distance learning…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 1, 2020 | Articles
When you mention the numbers 9-1-1, people immediately think of quickly reporting an emergency or of the response system that’s involved. The term itself has entered our vocabulary as a synonym for speed.
If you ask the same people to describe where they believe that their 9-1-1 call is answered, some would envision talking directly to those who would come to their aid, and others would see the 9-1-1 center for what it typically is—a room that’s…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 28, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Recently, there has been a flurry of articles in the press, on Twitter, and on LinkedIn touting the advantages of Push-To-Talk over Broadband (PTT over LTE) and stressing that PTT over broadband is ready for primetime, which appears to be true with a few caveats. It is also true that multiple FirstNet-Certified broadband PTT applications are available, including three that currently interoperate with each other. However, there is no requirement for all PTT solutions to interoperate with one another, therefore it is unlikely we will see complete inter-vendor interoperability anytime soon…
