by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 11, 2026 | Comm Center News
The East Bridgewater, Massachusetts police and fire departments are giving thanks to a Holbrook dispatcher who they say helped save a 4-year-old girl’s life Monday night.
While working at the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center at 5:32 p.m., authorities say Sophia Zervos answered a 911 call from two parents at a West Street home in East Bridgewater, reporting their daughter stopped breathing.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 10, 2026 | Comm Center News
These data sources can come from 911 calls, Internet of Things technology, and other software systems used by first responders.
“All of that connects to the CAD. And with the legacy CAD system we had that wasn’t necessarily [the case],” Saur said. “There was some legacy connections. But as technology changes rapidly, they’re looking for interfaces that a cloud connection can easily do.”
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 9, 2026 | Articles, Comm Center News
I’m writing this as a local fire chief in mid-Missouri and representing NAEMT on the Public Safety Advisory Committee to the FirstNet Authority. Those two roles are not separate. What happens in Washington DC, directly affects what happens in a patient’s living room, in the cab of a fire engine, or in the middle of a multi-agency incident where nothing is clean and nothing is predictable.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 9, 2026 | Comm Center News
Broadband | 2026-02-09
As the Bay Area prepares to host professional football’s most anticipated event, FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, has activated a comprehensive connectivity plan to support first responders and public safety officials through secure, resilient critical communications. Following more than a year of coordination with the City of San Jose, the San Jose Police Department, the San Jose Fire Department, and numerous federal, state, and local agencies, FirstNet is delivering mission-critical connectivity to ensure public safety operations and critical communications remain uninterrupted before, during, and after the Big Game.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 7, 2026 | Comm Center News
If something should happen to the community’s primary Emergency Communications Center, a backup facility at the new Fire Station 5 will provide a second fully functioning call center.
“We can drive out there, flip a switch and everything works,” said Sarah Dragoo, the director of the local ECC facility.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 6, 2026 | Comm Center News
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is extending his well-wishes to 23 students graduating from the South Dakota Basic Telecommunicator Certification Course.
“We can never take telecommunicators for granted,” said Attorney General Jackley. “They are the first voice people hear when they call for assistance.”
