by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
PULASKI COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) -Pulaski County has received a grant that will give about 2,000 of its residents better, or in some cases, new access to broadband.
“The need couldn’t be any larger than right now,” said Pulaski County Administrator Jonathan Sweet.
Sweet said Broadband has always been a problem in Snowville, but land barriers and now COVID-19 drive that demand.
“We receive more anxiety and more questions and concerns about deploying broadband than probably anything else,” Sweet said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
Columbia Community Relations Director Steve Sapp will retire Jan. 14 after 41 years of service to the city.
“My entire career has been dedicated to public service and to the residents of mid-Missouri,” Sapp said in a news release Wednesday.
He first started with the city Jan. 14, 1980 with Public Safety Joint Communications as a 911 dispatcher. He transitioned to the Columbia Fire Department as a firefighter in 1989. He was assigned as a lieutenant to the Fire Marshal Division in 1998, working his way up to captain and battalion chief as the fire marshal…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
The city of Portland would hire a new public safety director, using funds drawn from the police, fire and emergency communications bureaus for the $300,000 position under a proposal that goes before the City Council on Wednesday afternoon.
The new director would work to find ways to integrate the public safety bureaus’ business operations, technology, public information and outreach services in an effort to find long-term cost savings, according to the city’s budget office…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
CLEVELAND — October 28 is First Responders Day, and we want to take time to say thank you to all first responders.
The work they do, truly saves lives.
We talked to Ken Kostal, a local dispatcher who helped a father in Richmond Heights save his 1-year-old son on October 16, 2020. The boy was choking and couldn’t breathe…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Williamson County Association of Realtors treated county emergency management staff to lunch Wednesday from The Honey Baked Ham Company for National First Responders Day and recognized them for the work they do every day — particularly during the pandemic — to keep county residents safe.
“We’re really proud of you guys,” WCAR President Jordan Vaughn said. “We’re really proud that you serve our community and communities around the United States, so we just wanted to tell you thank you for all that you do and for taking care of us…
by ECC Editor | Oct 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, the Regional Communications Center and the Oxford Emergency Management Agency could share space in a new building behind the new addition to the Superior Court building, according to a plan being developed by county officials.
County commissioners took the first steps Wednesday by agreeing to have the property surveyed and to harvest some of the timber on the proposed site… READ MORE
