Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center was awarded a grant to purchase equipment and technology components for the HRECC’s soon-to-be-completed communications center.
The grant, officially named the “FY21 State 911 Department Regional Public Safety Answering Point and Regional Secondary Public Safety Answering Point and Regional Emergency Communications Center Development Grant,” totals almost $2.1 million…
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Temporary Relocation of 911 Dispatch Center
After close contact with a family member, an Emergency Medical Dispatcher has tested positive for COVID-19. To prevent further contamination, the 911 Center, along with personnel, will be temporarily relocated to the Guam Fire Department (GFD) headquarters in Agana. GFD personnel will be conducting a thorough decontamination of the facility and equipment before allowing employees to return.
During the transition and temporary location use, there will be no loss or disruption of 911 services to the community. GFD expects to have decontamination procedures completed by 6:00 p.m., August 23…
Stamford officials gave News 12 Connecticut a look at new technology on Friday that helps get first responders to emergencies even faster.
The technology was recently used to save a kayaker in Cove Island Beach.
The call from the lost kayaker came in to 911 dispatchers just hours after Carbyne was installed, and officials said it’s been used several times over the last month…
HEPPNER — Dispatcher Jacob Stutzman of the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office was among the 119th Basic Telecommunications Class of the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST).
The three-week course includes emergency call handling techniques, stress management, civil liability, ethics, criminal law, overview of fire-rescue and law enforcement operations, and a number of other topics…
The Glynn County Commission voted Thursday to keep the same tax rate for the next year.
Tamara Munson, interim chief financial officer, said the county gets 75 percent of its $110 million budget from taxes. The rest comes from fines, fees, grants and investments, among other things.
Of that 75 percent, nearly half goes to public safety — police, fire and rescue, emergency medical services and dispatch. General expenses, public works, judiciary, housing and development, recreation and debt payment make up the remainder…
