by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 23, 2020 | Comm Center News
Tuesday was a special day for a Watson boy who received a special achievement award by the Effingham County 911 Board.
Lucas Grupe pulled up to the Effingham County Office Building inside a fire engine manned by members of the Effingham Fire Department. Grupe was helped off the engine by EFD Lieutenant John Kronewitter and EFD Firefighter Lucas Kroening.
Grupe then got a chance to see where he made a call to Effingham County Sheriff’s Department Assistant Telecommunicator Supervisor Alysa Kilman, who was on duty June 6 – the day after Grupe’s eleventh birthday. His mother, Cindy Grupe, told her son to call 911 when she thought she was having a heart attack…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 23, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Motorola was the only company interested in bidding on an expensive project to update Virginia’s statewide public safety radio system, an outcome that led a competitor to complain the process was one-sided and drew scrutiny from a top lawmaker.
The Statewide Agencies Radio System, or STARS, began with a $329 million contract between the state and Motorola in 2004, with the goal of establishing a 24/7, digital voice and data communications system used by nearly two dozen state agencies…
by ECC Editor | Oct 23, 2020 | Comm Center News
Dispatchers often are the under recognized members of an emergency response team, working behind the scenes, gathering essential information from often frantic callers and relaying that critical information to first responders.
According to 911dispatcheredu.org, dispatchers need to have the ability to take control of situations that may be chaotic, heart-wrenching, stressful, confusing and frenzied. It also says they must be organized, adept at multi-tasking, level-headed and trustworthy… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 23, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
FirstNet announced a major expansion to its high-speed broadband communications platform for first responders this week, with additional cell sites and more than 2,000 other network enhancements tacked onto its Florida operations.
These additions will include cell sites constructed for the Band 14 and AT&T commercial spectrums at locations identified as priority spots by both state and public safety stakeholders. Band 14 is a nationwide spectrum granted to FirstNet specifically by the government for the only nationwide high-speed broadband communications platform. Additionally, FirstNet is giving free smartphones for life, with unlimited plans to first responders…
by ECC Editor | Oct 22, 2020 | Comm Center News
(WTVG) – The Wood County Sheriff’s Office is now able to handle 9-1-1 interactions through text message, allowing those who feel they would be endangered by placing a call.
Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn says: “Dialing 9-1-1 in an emergency is still the preferred way to request help, and the public is reminded to Call if you can, text if you can’t. Texting should only be used when you are unable to make a voice call to 9-1-1. We are excited to be able to launch this service to our citizens of Wood County… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 22, 2020 | Comm Center News
San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to pass the Caution Against Racially and Exploitative Non-Emergencies (CAREN) Act, which, if passed into law, would make it illegal for white people to call 9-1-1 just because a Black person dares to exist in ways that make them uncomfortable.
“The CAREN Act will expand the definition of a protected class in San Francisco to prevent false emergency calls with the specific intent to… READ MORE
