by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, encompasses 353 square miles in the southeastern region of the Commonwealth, and it’s Bobby Gelormine’s job to make sure that the city is prepared to handle any emergency. As the Senior Planner for the Chesapeake Fire Department’s Office of Emergency Management, Gelormine helps the city plan for everything from hurricanes and flooding to terrorism and other man-made disasters. The city’s five police precincts and 15 fire stations are staffed by nearly a thousand public safety employees to protect its 240,000 citizens…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
Kershaw County’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of a new, purpose-built FirstNet cell site and other network enhancements. This new infrastructure is a part of the FirstNet network expansion taking place across the state, bringing increased coverage, capacity and capabilities for public safety…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
On Monday, Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) Sec. Jonathan Satter announced almost $860,000 in grant awards to Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Sumter, Walton, and Washington Counties through the E911 State Grant Program.
Since January, DMS has awarded more than $6 million in funds to Florida counties to modernize Florida’s public safety communications systems…
by ECC Editor | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
At about 5 p.m. on Sept. 28, Yavapai, Cochise, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Pima counties, as well as Flagstaff and Prescott Valley, said they were experiencing issues with their 911 emergency lines.
Prescott Valley Police Department said this was a statewide outage.
As of 5:25 p.m., services have been restored… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
Berks County’s 9-1-1 system is working properly, the county’s department of emergency services said Monday night.
Several news outlets said law enforcement agencies around the country reported 9-1-1 outages.
The Berks department posted the following message on its Facebook page… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
It appears that there is a national 9-1-1 outage. The Steele and Rice County announced earlier tonight that due to 9-1-1 being down in the county the number to dial in an emergency is 507-451-5685 for emergencies.
The Minneapolis Police Department tweeted that it was a nationwide outage…
