by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 6, 2020 | Comm Center News
FARMINGTON — Two men were each issued a summons on a charge of criminal trespassing after climbing halfway up a 190-foot Franklin County public safety communications tower Thursday on Waugh Road on Mosher Hill, Police Chief Jack Peck Jr. said Friday.
Farmington police officer Ryan Rosie responded to a report of people on the communications tower at about 3:46 p.m. He charged Matthew Dyke, 28, of Farmington and Gabriel Lambert, 19, of Kingfield, Peck said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
By Jason Porter, Senior Vice President, FirstNet Program at AT&T
It has been a week since Hurricane Laura came ashore as a massive Category 4 storm. I was on the ground with our network teams in Louisiana and saw firsthand the terrible conditions left in her wake: trees down, houses destroyed, as well as knocking out power and water to hundreds of thousands. But it is commonly said that we are at our best when Mother Nature does her worst. And Hurricane Laura is just the latest example in a year that has included a nationwide pandemic, wildfires in the west, tornadoes in the east and even a derecho in the Midwest. READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 4, 2020 | Comm Center News
Police Chief Eric Shears recently announced that the Merrimac Police Department will begin operating out of its brand new police station Aug. 25.
The building project has reached substantial completion. Dispatch and 911 equipment will be moved Aug. 25 from the old public safety facility on East Main Street to the Merrimac Police Department’s new home at 2 Jana Way… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 4, 2020 | Comm Center News
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The Orleans Parish Communication District (OPCD), in partnership with the City of New Orleans and AT&T, held a press conference to announce the upcoming modernization of 9-1-1 services infrastructure within Orleans Parish to NextGen 9-1-1 capabilities.
AT&T ESInet™ is an IP-based call routing service that helps emergency communications centers (ECCs) keep up with the current and future needs of its callers. Using the AT&T ESInet™ modern network architecture and the National Emergency Number Association’s i3 standards, Orleans Parish Communication District will be able to provide a more reliable and improved 911 experience… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Ebony Morgan drives her van through the streets of Eugene, Ore., until she reaches a man curled up on the sidewalk under the eaves of a building. As a crisis worker for the nonprofit CAHOOTS, she was alerted by an emergency dispatcher that the man needed a welfare check.
Unlike in most cities, police weren’t dispatched to respond to the call…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2020 | Comm Center News
VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI)- When you’re in an emergency, 911 is the first number you dial and in moments… they’re there.
However, sometimes we dial it by accident and dispatchers say it could do more harm than good.
911 dispatcher, Kirsten Chovanov-Redman tells us, that right now they’re operating with three main dispatchers. So accidental calls could become a public safety issue.
“If you take one of those dispatchers off the floor, that’s putting you down to two dispatchers to handle all of the emergencies in the county, of 170 thousand plus it turns into a public safety issue if you’ve got one person tied up for chasing someone down for hanging up on 911.”
When a call goes out to 911, operators track your location in various ways…
