by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 17, 2026 | Comm Center News
In a major step toward modernizing the region’s emergency response infrastructure, federal and local officials gathered Tuesday afternoon at Guthrie City Hall to announce a $1,407,000 grant dedicated to the 911 Center and Logan County radio rehabilitation. The presentation, held before a gallery of Guthrie police officers and firefighters, is an effort to replace aging communication equipment that officials say is vital to public safety.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 17, 2026 | Comm Center News
In an emergency, we pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1 without much thought as to whether someone will answer.
Increasingly though, communities across Wisconsin face a shortage of 911 dispatchers.
Who will answer our calls if the crisis continues? And how can communities turn the shortage around?
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 16, 2026 | Comm Center News
CALVERT COUNTY, Md. – Calvert County Emergency Communications has been recognized by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as a Tri-Accredited Center for Excellence (ACE) for police, fire and emergency medical services dispatching. Calvert County Emergency Communications is the 31st Tri-ACE in the world.
IAED is the standard-setting organization for emergency dispatch services worldwide. Accreditation and reaccreditation from the IAED represent the highest distinction awarded to emergency communication centers, certifying that a center performs at or above established industry standards.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 13, 2026 | Comm Center News
Wilson County Emergency Communications earned accreditation through the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch as an Emergency Medical/Fire Dispatch Center of Excellence.
Wilson County 911 is now the 365th emergency medical and 84th first dispatch accredited center in the world, according to Wilson County Communications Director Stephen Mann.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 13, 2026 | Articles, Comm Center News
Back in 2015, during one of the early FirstNet hearings on Capitol Hill, the Chair of FirstNet, Sue Swenson, briefed our nation’s elected officials on FirstNet, its progress, and the direction it was heading. With the confidence of a seasoned corporate telecommunications executive, she spoke about the many successes and how the network was going to get built. At one point, she was asked if they were going to reach their 2022 deployment goal. In her ever-present calm demeanor, she looked up at the dais and said, “Yes. If we don’t, I mean, we should be shot,” which clearly caused an awkward pause (and laughter), as the straightforward answer surprised many who were used to hedged responses like, “I think we can,” or “we will do our best.” Well, history has shown that she and the FirstNet Board got it done and indeed met all their 2022 goals.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 12, 2026 | Articles, Comm Center News
Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT) is an international 3GPP standard that allows public safety agencies to use broadband cellular networks (4G/LTE and 5G) with the same one-button Push-to-Talk feature as their traditional Land Mobile Radios (LMR).
In plain English, MCPTT makes a smartphone as quick and easy to use as a one-button PTT LMR handset. What makes MCPTT so different is that it uses the high-speed data capacity of cellular networks to enable live video streaming, file sharing, and real-time location tracking, capabilities that traditional voice-only radio systems simply cannot match.
