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
by ECC Editor | Mar 7, 2020 | Articles
Data service for some FirstNet users was interrupted Thursday morning, but the issue was resolved, according to FirstNet contractor AT&T, which indicated that it is investigating the cause of the outage.
“Early this morning, data service was affected for some customers in the Southeast region,” according to an AT&T statement provided to IWCE’s Urgent Communications. “We worked quickly to resolve the issue, and service is currently running normally. Voice service was not impacted… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 7, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Legislation requiring panic alarms in public and charter schools throughout the state underwent major changes Thursday after a strike-all amendment in the House.
Members voted to remove a requirement that a single, uniform system be installed in all schools.
The Senate version of the bill (SB 70) still requires that uniform mobile alert system, which would be set up following a bidding process for a statewide contract… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 7, 2020 | Articles
Banjo is applying artificial intelligence to government-owned surveillance and traffic cameras across the entire state of Utah to tell police about “anomalies.”
The state of Utah has given an artificial intelligence company real-time access to state traffic cameras, CCTV and “public safety” cameras, 911 emergency systems, location data for state-owned vehicles, and other sensitive data.
The company, called Banjo, says that it’s combining this data with information … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 6, 2020 | Articles
WINTER HAVEN, FL — A silent 9-1-1 call sparked a police response at a Winter Haven apartment complex Wednesday night when a dispatcher heard glass breaking over the phone.
“The caller was not speaking and the call taker heard glass breaking,” according to Jamie Brown of the Winter Haven Police Department.
Brown said police attempted to search the Abbey Lane Apartments… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 6, 2020 | Articles
On February 24, I tweeted (above) that DC 911 sent two different ambulances on what were likely the same EMS runs because call takers and dispatchers are unaware the intersection of Florida Avenue and R Street exists at two different locations in Northwest Washington. It’s one of those “gotchas” every worker at the Office of Unified Communications (OUC) should know before they’re allowed to receive and dispatch 911 calls… READ MORE
