by ECC Editor | Oct 22, 2020 | Comm Center News
THORNVILLE — In an election year with the board of Perry County commissioners placing a levy on the ballot to fund the county’s 911 service, they probably don’t welcome dissension in the ranks of the county’s firefighters. But they’re getting it from the Thorn Township Fire Department. In a Monday morning meeting three firefighters and a township trustee aired their grievances about the Perry County 911 service and its director, Derrick Keyser… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Oct 22, 2020 | Comm Center News
linois State Police has recognized the contributions of four people for their professionalism and exemplary service.
“The extraordinary dedication and commitment to service displayed every day by these individuals is a true representation of the motto of the ISP — Integrity, Service and Pride,” Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly said. “In the face of a global pandemic this year, just like so many in the ISP, these individuals continued to dedicate their time to service and justice… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 22, 2020 | Comm Center News
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — UPDATE (5:45) Henrico County announced that its Emergency communication Center has returned to its normal operating procedures.
They added the cause of today’s outage is currently under review.
Earlier today, an outage at the Henrico Dispatch Communications Center has prompted county officials to have emergency calls rerouted to the city of Richmond, a typical procedure when the center’s systems are affected…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 22, 2020 | Comm Center News
Prompted in part by this year’s Pine Gulch Fire, Chevron is donating a total of more than $100,000 to entities including Mesa County to help with emergency management communication needs.
The company is donating $38,000 to Mesa County Emergency Services, $30,000 to the town of Rangely, $26,500 to the De Beque Fire Protection District and $15,000 to Garfield County Emergency Management…
by ECC Editor | Oct 22, 2020 | Comm Center News
The W-Y Communications Center has Text to 911 fully implemented and available to the public to utilize.
Text to 911 is the ability to send SMS text messages to your local 911 emergency dispatch center during a crisis. Text to 911 should only be used in an emergency, and only if you cannot safely call 911.
During an emergency, enter the numbers “911” in the “To” field. Type a brief message and press “Send”. Be prepared to answer questions and follow instructions from the 911 dispatcher. Keep messages brief and concise, and do not text and drive. Please provide your location nature of assistance needed, i.e. police, fire or medical… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 22, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
This week we begin with comments about The FirstNet Authority blog concerning 3GPP and my comments on the 3GPP MCPTT standard and devices in the market today. Next up is the delay in the Senate’s passing of the repeal of the T-Band giveback due to one Senator and hopes for new Majority FCC Commissioners who truly care about how spectrum is used and who needs it instead of doling it out to commercial interests to the detriment of critical-communications systems.
3GPP Mission-Critical Update
People who, like me, are interested in the mission-critical segment of the 3GPP standards for both 4G (LTE) and 5G networks commented on last week’s Advocate and agreed that sifting through the 3GPP website is quite difficult…
