by ECC Editor | Dec 21, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Police Executive Research Forum COO Kevin Morison says that NG911 is really about “bringing the country’s 911 system into the 21st century.” Part of that transition involves enabling the 911 system to receive the videos and texts available from the public during a critical incident response, providing “eyes on the ground” in a way not seen before in public safety.
The public safety community has been talking about Next Generation 911 (NG911) for a decade, from the first discussions by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) in 2000, supported by organizations like the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and the Department of Transportation (DOT)… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 21, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
We analyzed 496 emergency communications officer resumes along with a trove of other data to determine the demographics for emergency communications officers. Just to be clear, by demographics we mean the study of population-based factors like age, race and sex. On top of scouring through resumes, we also took note of job proposals from employers and Census Bureau data. And guess what? We found some pretty interesting information.
For example, the emergency communications officers workforce reached a whopping 42,071!
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 21, 2020 | Articles, Opinions
Thank you to Hanusa, Dawson on 911 bill
On behalf of Iowa APCO and Iowa NENA, we want to thank the 88th General Assembly of the Iowa Legislature for passing Senate File 2373. This bill made an important change to Iowa law by defining telecommunicators/911 dispatchers as public safety telecommunicators and recognizing their role as first responders…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 19, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Millions of dollars from the federal government to be distributed by Collin County will help offset public safety expenditures in Frisco and McKinney next year.
Both cities are entering interlocal agreements with the county following their respective council meetings this past week for the distribution of aid from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 19, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The FBI is warning businesses of DoppelPaymer ransomware attacks and a change in tactics among operators, who are now cold-calling victims to pressure them into paying the ransom.
These attacks have disrupted the provision of healthcare, emergency, and education services for people around the world, officials say. They point to one September 2020 incident in which the ransomware hit a German hospital; another attack in the same month compromised a county’s emergency call center and blocked officials from accessing a computer-aided dispatch system…
by ECC Editor | Dec 17, 2020 | Articles, Opinions
I have been watching the discussions on the 911 system at the City Council level. As someone who worked on the team that installed the initial system and was the team leader for the development and installation of the radio communications system project in FdL County I thought I would suggest some of the questions you should be asking, that have not been asked, regarding the 911 system… READ MORE
