by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 26, 2024 | Comm Center News
In a significant move to bolster public safety infrastructure across Rhode Island, Governor Dan McKee unveiled today the recipients of a matching grant program aimed at financing crucial facility projects. The initiative, titled the Municipal Public Safety Infrastructure Grant Program, is backed by $11 million in State Fiscal Recovery Funds (SFRF) sourced from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Under the program, regional projects stand to receive a maximum award of $5 million, while local projects can secure up to $1 million.
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 23, 2024 | Comm Center News
A $2.4 million police initiative could change the nature of 911 responses in Greeley as soon as this year.
Greeley City Council this week gave first approval to appropriate public safety tax funds to build a real-time information center for the Greeley Police Department.
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 23, 2024 | Comm Center News
MARSHALL – Madison County’s 911 radio system overhaul project received some more good news earlier this month in a continued trend that has seen the county revitalize a system one local fire chief once called “about the sorriest in the nation.”
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 22, 2024 | Comm Center News
The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to pass U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger’s legislation that would provide $637,195 for renovations, security enhancements, and upgraded equipment to prevent the disruption of government operations at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located at the Fredericksburg Police Headquarters.
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 22, 2024 | Comm Center News
Lyon County Emergency Communications Center is once again inviting the community to adopt local dispatchers while celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week next month.
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 21, 2024 | Comm Center News
Dispatchers are often tasked with helping people in crisis — from fires to heart attacks to acts of violence. But longtime Powell Police Department dispatcher Bobbie Colvin says the hardest part of the job is being “only a voice.” While they send officers and other first responders to the scene of an emergency, dispatchers themselves must remain at their posts and wonder about the fate of those on the other end of the line.
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