by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 24, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
FirstNet One, recently completed its first real deployment providing public-safety communications, as the tethered the aerostat that acts as an LTE tower in the sky supported the response effort in Louisiana during the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, according to AT&T officials.
“This was our first field deployment in a real incident,” Tom Steele, AT&T’s director of strategy and operation for the FirstNet program, said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications…
by ECC Editor | Sep 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
On Saturday, September 19, 2020, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a former PCSO emergency communications telecommunicator for one count battery domestic violence abuse (M-1) and one count false report to law enforcement (M-1).
29-year-old Candace Marshay Lewis was hired as a telecommunicator in August 2017. She resigned effective immediately upon her arrest – had she not resigned, she would have been terminated… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
A Dickson 911 telecommunicator is joining others from Middle Tennessee in helping with emergency response calls in coastal Alabama, which was recently damaged by Hurricane Sally, according to Paul McCallister with Metro Nashville Emergency Communications.
Shauna Atchison, with Dickson County emergency communications, has been deployed to help with the Public Safety Answering Point in Baldwin County where Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are located… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
AMR Sumter County Fire and EMS Communications Center is taking center stage in recognition of achieving the most prominent distinction in 9-1-1 emergency communication services.
The communication center is the 283rd emergency dispatch center in the world to attain International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) status as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for its use of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS)… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
Tulsa-area 911 callers in psychiatric distress will now have access to a mental health professional, thanks to a partnership between city public safety agencies and community nonprofits.
The city of Tulsa 911 Mental Health Collaborative launched Sept. 3, according to a Tulsa Police Department news release Wednesday, and is made possible through the Police Department, the city’s 911 Public Safety Communications Department, Family & Children’s Services Community Outreach Psychiatric Services (COPES) and the Tulsa Area United Way…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 24, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The United Kingdom press and some in the United States announced this week that the UK LTE broadband network for public safety that was to have been operational this year will not be ready for prime time until 2024 or 2025. Why is there a delay, when will it finally become live, and what will it offer the UK’s public-safety agencies?
First estimates for network operation were that the network would be ready in 2016, and then 2019. Both dates were missed and the Home Office signed an extension to continue to use the Tetra Airwave system with Motorola Solutions until 2022…
