by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 13, 2020 | Articles
Jamie Acosta still remembers the first call in which someone died. Over the phone, she learned that a 16-year-old had wrapped his car around a telephone pole. Afterward, she replayed it in her head, trying to figure out if she somehow could have gotten the ambulance to the scene faster.
She went home in tears, she said. This kid is dead, she told her boyfriend. And I don’t know if I did everything right. I don’t know if I could have saved him…
by ECC Editor | Mar 13, 2020 | Articles
Despite a previous warning by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, who exposed vulnerabilities in 911 systems due to DDoS attacks, the next generation of 911 systems that now accommodate text, images and video still have the same or more severe issues.
In the study the researchers evaluated the impact of DDoS attacks on the current (E911) and next generation 911 (NG911) infrastructures in North Carolina… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 12, 2020 | Articles
Ed Parkinson today was named by the FirstNet Authority Board as executive director—operationally, the chief executive officer (CEO)—for the FirstNet Authority, becoming the organization’s third full-time staff leader and its first in more than 17 months.
FirstNet Authority Board Chair Ed Horowitz said that Parkinson was selected at the conclusion of a “comprehensive and thorough search” to lead the FirstNet Authority staff. Parkinson has been serving as the FirstNet Authority’s executive director for external affairs while splitting the …
by ECC Editor | Mar 10, 2020 | Articles
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A staff of over 500 paramedics cover and respond to more than a million people, according to Austin-Travis County EMS’ website.
With the average amount of 9-1-1 calls they receive each year exceeding 100,000, top-notch facilities aren’t just nice to have, they need to have them.
With an ever-growing population, those calls and their response times become more challenging. In February… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 10, 2020 | Articles
A lifesaving policy known as Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR) passed recently from the Tennessee Senate, concurring with the House version, and is now heading to the Governor’s desk. Senate Bill 1958, sponsored by Sen. Rusty Crowe, R-Johnson City, passed with a unanimous vote. Its House companion, House Bill 1933, sponsored by Rep. Scott Cepicky, R- Culleoka, also passed unanimously Feb. 27. Without a single “no” vote during the entire legislative process, the policy is gaining attention and support in Tennessee by both state and local government this year… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 8, 2020 | Articles
CLAYTON, N.C. (WNCN) — A family of first responders from Clayton, North Carolina is celebrating two big wins against cancer.
Both Christina and Duane McKay are firefighters for the Archer Lodge Fire Department. Christina is also an emergency dispatcher.
In October of 2018, their daughter, Maddi, was diagnosed with cancer. The McKays were already at the hospital with Maddi several months later, when doctors diagnosed Duane with leukemia… READ MORE
