by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
he FCC has denied petitions by public safety and utility organizations to stay its decision to open up the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed WiFi use pending judicial review.
In an order issued Thursday, from Ronald Repasi, acting chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology, the FCC said that neither the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) nor the Association of PublicSafety Communications Officials-International, Inc (APCO) had shown they were likely to win their case on the merits, had not shown their members would suffer irreparable harm absent a stay, had not shown that others would not be harmed by a stay, or that the stay was in the public interest, all of which boxes need to be checked to earn a stay…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
As another step in ARRL’s increased focus on strengthening its emergency communications capabilities and long-standing working relationships with federal and state agencies and private emergency response organizations, ARRL has hired Paul Z. Gilbert, KE5ZW, of Cedar Park, Texas, as its first Director of Emergency Management.
Gilbert brings more than 30 years of experience in public service in both his professional and amateur radio endeavors…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
PRINCETON — Despite Bureau County’s 911 Tower being one of Monday’s storm casualties, the 911 dispatch operations are up and running.
Bureau County Sheriff’s Office Commander Jim Shipp reported to the county board on Tuesday that despite the storm taking out the tower and roof of BuEComm, a concerted effort by local and state agencies had emergency dispatch operating with hardly a hiccup.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
HOLBROOK — Director Steve Hooke is pleased to share that the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center was recently 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 just under $2.1 million…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
During the most recent meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, the board approved the purchase of equipment, along with labor and installation services for an emergency radio communications system.
County Manager Jerry Cooper explained during the work session that this communications system would allow for officials at the county’s public safety headquarters to be able to more effectively communicate with the new 800 MHz system the county approved in 2019. The total cost for this contract, to be executed with Diversified Electronics, came to $270,270…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
As public safety users rely more and more often on mobile technology, what are the common issues they encounter with smartphones and tablets that are almost always designed for consumer use?
At the recent virtual incarnation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) annual stakeholder meeting, researchers Yee-Yin Choong and Shanee Dawkins presented some of the data from a survey of more than 7,000 first responders and in-depth interviews with more than 200, which they have been mining for insights on how public safety personnel use mobile devices and applications and some of the problems that they encounter…
