by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
Stay calm, no matter what.
After more than two decades as a communications operator for the London Fire Department, Ida Piroli has learned that keeping her cool is the most critical part of the job.
“You need to help these people in their most difficult times,” Piroli said. “But inside, you could be screaming. You could be afraid. But you can’t let that show. You’re trained to do these things, and that comes shining through. You get through it…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
Call transfers, confusion, miscommunication and even boat motor problems characterized the response to 911 calls for help the afternoon that 16-year-old Fitz Thomas drowned near Confluence Park—all described in a 77-page report released Monday.
The name of the report, the Perdido Bay Terrace Significant Incident Review, is emblematic of one the biggest problems that delayed the response—Perdido Bay Terrace is simply the nearest road to the site of the drowning, which happened at the mouth of the Goose Creek at Confluence Park in the River Creek neighborhood…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
As part of a planned upgrade of its radio systems, the Baltimore Police Department is switching to encrypted transmissions, eliminating the ability for most of the public to listen in.
The preparations were confirmed by City Councilman Yitzy Schleifer, head of the public safety committee. He said the upgrade has been planned since last year and was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic…
by ECC Editor | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
BEND, OR — Many people are having a difficult time dealing with the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…it’s happening not just here, but across the state and nation. The Head of Deschutes County Behavioral health Janice Garceau (gar-so) tells KBND there’s been an uptick in 9-1-1 calls about mental health concerns. Garceau says when people reach out for help it’s for serious reasons including depression, thoughts of self harm and despondency… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
Maria was having a hard time calming down at her elementary school in Waterbury. On a December day just before holiday break in 2018, she was hitting and kicking staff and knocking books off the bookcase. She had recently entered foster care, and this was her third behavioral episode in three weeks.
So the school staff called 9-1-1, telling the dispatcher there was a “four-year-old female out of control… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
DC’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC) handles the 311 and 911 calls in the District. Are those calls being mishandled? Our #TheQandA is here with that answer.
WASHINGTON — The mission of the DC Office of Unified Communications is to provide a fast, professional and cost-effective response to emergency and non-emergency calls in the District.
But according to Ward 4 ANC commissioner Evan Yeats, and former WUSA9 reporter Dave Statter, OUC isn’t delivering on that mission…
