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…
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
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…
he Mt. Vernon Police Department would like to welcome their newest telecommunicator (911 dispatcher) Javier Ruiz-Roubert. He will be answering 911 calls, dispatching police, fire, and EMS that are within the city. Javier brings experience to this position having worked as a part time telecommunicator with another agency, EMT for an ambulance company, and a volunteer firefighter…
Telecommunicator Roberta Clutz has been received an honor from Illinois State Police by being named as Telecommunicator of the Year recently.
Clutz has served the Illinois State Police for more than 16 years as a telecommunicator specialist, beginning her career in 2004 at ISP District 21. She has continued her career at the Pontiac Communications Center.
On March 7, 2019, while working the District 6 radio console and training a Telecommunicator Trainee, Clutz handled an incident that involved a multi-agency high-speed pursuit after the fatal shooting of a police officer in Rockford… READ MORE
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) — An investigation has begun into a package sent to the Luzerne County 911 Center.
That package was a “glitter bomb”, shooting glitter all over when opened. And, county officials say it’s no laughing matter.
Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis confirms the investigation. 911 officials say they can’t comment on this ongoing investigation, only to say they are cooperating with detectives from the district attorney’s office… READ MORE
