by ECC Editor | Jan 24, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Tinder is following in Uber’s lead in adding in-app safety features for dates that become unsafe.The dating app is adding new safety features, including a panic button that alerts safety authorities if something goes wrong during a date. Tinder has also added the ability to check-in, telling friends where the daters are.
[…] If the user feels unsafe, they will have to open the Noonlight app and press a button that discreetly contacts Noonlight dispatchers. The dispatcher will first send them a text so they don’t have to vocally talk for help. If that’s unanswered, Noonlight will send a code and call them. If there are no answer, Noonlight will dispatch emergency services.
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by ECC Editor | Jan 24, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Work has started on the Scott County budget for next year. On Tuesday, staff made their first presentation to the board of supervisors, and that’ll be followed by several study sessions, leading up to final approval in March.
Budget Director, David Farmer, says the proposed budget is “routine and stable” compared to this year, except for one major project – 11 million dollars to update the Scott Emergency Communications Center… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 24, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
A new report from the Behavioral Insights Team & the University of California at Berkeley connects a sense of belonging to employee retention
Over the course of a year, the average 911 emergency service dispatcher will take over 2,400 phone calls. These calls can range from connecting a resident to medical care for a sprained ankle to dispatching the right support for someone whose life is being threatened or in imminent danger. The variability of these calls creates a high-stress work environment that is both emotionally exhausting and potentially traumatic, exacerbated by the long hours of an inherently stressful job that requires mandatory overtime and pays low wages… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 24, 2020 | Articles
MELVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 23, 2020– Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), a world leader in secure and highly reliable communication technology, announced that during its second quarter of fiscal 2020, its Safety & Security Technologies (“SST”) group, which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a multi-year contract extension totaling an estimated $14.2 million to provide enhanced 9-1-1 (“E9-1-1”) services to a tier one U.S. wireless telecommunications carrier.
by ECC Editor | Jan 24, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Cities across the United States are struggling with a growing public safety problem that’s largely invisible to the public: a shortage of people willing to work high-stress jobs answering 911 emergency calls.
The problem is taking a toll on emergency operations, as short-staffed teams work overtime shifts in a scramble to make sure there’s enough dispatchers to answer calls. The turnover costs cities tens of thousands of dollars to recruit and train new people. It also comes at a high emotional cost for dispatchers, who handle traumatic situations every day without the widespread recognition… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 22, 2020 | Articles, Report
EIN News/ — Dublin, Jan. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “The Private LTE & 5G Network Ecosystem: 2020 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts” report from SNS Telecom & IT has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
This report presents an in-depth assessment of the private LTE and 5G network ecosystem, including market drivers, challenges, enabling technologies, vertical market opportunities, applications, key trends, standardization, spectrum availability/allocation, regulatory landscape, deployment case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies… READ MORE
