by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
Brian Garms, Training and Quality Assurance Officer for the St. Charles County Emergency Communications Department, was selected for the 2020 Trainer of the Year Award by NICE Public Safety. Garms was honored as part of NICE’s annual Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)’s Finest Awards. Winners are selected by a panel of volunteer judges from the public safety community who evaluated nominees based on accomplishments, skills, knowledge and dedication…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is asking the public to help it find new ways to de-identify public safety datasets so researchers and policy makers can glean insights while protecting individual privacy.
Large public safety datasets containing health and location information could help epidemiologists identify the source and spread of a specific infection and help public safety personnel with emergency response in the event of a large-scale disaster…
by ECC Editor | Oct 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Charleston County Consolidated 9-1-1 Center is utilizing a new resource to deal with mental health and psychiatric-related calls.
Over the last several years, the center has seen an increase in mental health calls. According to the 911 center’s director, Jim Lake, they had 6,466 mental health or psychiatric concern calls in 2019… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
TRIAL BY FIRE: When the coronavirus pandemic arrived, medical professionals scrambled to set up outdoor testing centers, telemedicine links and data hubs to track how the disease spread.
For many communities, including in remote and underserved parts of the country, a lack of one key resource threatened to throw the whole effort sideways: broadband internet…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to give states more flexibility over a swath of airwaves previously reserved for public safety.
The order, adopted in a 3-2 vote with both Democratic commissioners dissenting, enables states to lease their rights to 4.9 GHz band airwaves for commercial purposes and for critical infrastructure, such as utilities providing electricity…
by ECC Editor | Oct 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Emergency Communication Networks division continues to investigate a multi-state 911 outage on Sept. 28.
According to CenturyLink’s preliminary review, 135 calls to 24 Minnesota public safety answering points failed to be routed during the 48-minute disruption… READ MORE
