by ECC Editor | Oct 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
A new contract for emergency dispatch services will enable Linn and Benton counties to backstop each other on 911 calls.
Linn County Commissioners John Lindsey and Will Tucker approved a contract between the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and Noble 911 Services Tuesday morning. Board Chairman Roger Nyquist was not present.
LCSO Capt. Don Messick said the contract will include new phone system hardware, software, installation and maintenance. He said the current system is past its “end of life” time period… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
OGDEN — Emergency dispatchers might come across as “curt, short or uncaring,” a stereotype Cody Ray hopes will be dispelled when people watch a new reality TV show about the 911 operators.
“It has nothing to do with cutting you off,” said Ray, a lead dispatcher with the Weber Area Dispatch 911 and Emergency Services District. “It has more to do with getting the most important information first.”
The priority is to glean enough details to get paramedics, firefighters or police headed to an emergency right away, Ray said…
by ECC Editor | Oct 15, 2020 | Comm Center News
For the third time in six years, Flathead County voters are being asked to support a ballot measure to help fund the ongoing need for equipment upgrades at the Flathead Emergency Communications Center.
And after two failed attempts, county officials are hoping the third time is the charm.
If passed, the measure on the Nov. 3 general election ballot would create a new special tax district to help fund the center’s needs by assessing property values throughout the county and would raise just over $3.5 million annually… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
This week we will look at a comprehensive report from The FirstNet Authority about the 3GPP standards body and its work in progress, discuss Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk/video/data and why this is taking so long, and see what it takes to manage the FirstNet fleet of deployables.
3GPP Standards Update
In an Advocate entitled, “Why are We Waiting for a PTT Interoperability Solution?” a few weeks ago, I was critical of having to wait for the 3GPP standards that seem to be taking forever and thought we would be better served if the public-safety and vendor communities could come together and push forward to provide full interoperability on the road to a standard. However, some suggested a better solution would be for the 3GPP to continue its efforts and it is…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 14, 2020 | Comm Center News
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) — A big shakeup within the Columbus Division of Police that impacts the Communications Bureau which is over 911 dispatchers.
ABC6 Investigates obtained an email through a public record request written by the Communications Bureau Commander to his team. The email states the Communications Bureau will be moved from the Division of Police to Support Services effective January 1, 2021, and thereafter the bureau will be led by a yet-to-be hired civilian with the title, 911 Emergency Communications Manager…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 14, 2020 | Comm Center News
BATAVIA — Steve Robinson’s three decades of service to Batavia, mainly as a city police dispatcher, may have ended, but the City Council took the time to honor him during Tuesday night’s meeting.
“Steve Robinson is being recognized for his nearly 30 years of service to the City of Batavia Police Department and the residents of the city of Batavia,” Council President Eugene Jankowski said during the presentation, noting Robinson joined June 1, 1990 as the department’s first civilian police dispatcher…
