by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
Saratoga County has opened its new public safety headquarters in Ballston Spa.
The Paul E. Lent Public Safety Facility on County Farm Road houses five different departments: the Sheriff’s office, Probation Department, Public Health Department, and Emergency and 9-1-1 services. Bill Peck, public safety chairman with the county board of supervisors, says the 64,000-square-foot facility has been in talks for over a decade – and couldn’t have come at a better time…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 21, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
By Tip Osterthaler, FirstNet Authority Board Chair
I am honored to have been appointed chair of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board. As I take the helm of the Board today, I am eager to continue to drive progress for all of public safety.
I first became involved with the FirstNet Authority in 2018, joining the Board just one year after the public-private partnership with AT&T was formed. Since then, I have had the opportunity to watch the network come to life with extensive buildout and widespread adoption among public safety. As the Finance Committee Chair, I was involved in shaping some of our most important activities of the last two years – including disciplined budgets that fund our organization and guide the future of the network. The Committee also had a key role in developing the FirstNet Authority Roadmap and the first set of network investments. READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 21, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently launched a webpage to promote the rebranded Tribal Emergency Communications Program, which supports direct consultation to tribes and Alaska Native communities to strengthen public safety communications. CISA assists tribes with public safety operable and interoperable communications through advocacy and consultative…
by ECC Editor | Aug 21, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Waterloo Regional Police Service this week announced it has joined other emergency services from across the world with location technology app, what3words.
The new technology is now available to the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s communications centre and will help first responders quickly locate individuals in an emergency faster and more precisely… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
A Cincinnati 911 dispatcher has been suspended for allegedly failing to send help to a man suffering a stroke last month, according to reports.
City Manager Patrick Duhaney, in a Monday email to City Council, called the dispatcher’s supposed failure, “a serious neglect of duty,” Fox 19 reported.
“What took place on the night of January 12 is nothing short of a tragedy,” Duhaney wrote. “It’s unclear if the individual would have lived or died, but the actions of this call-taker undermined the possibility of a positive outcome in this situation…
by ECC Editor | Aug 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
Some police departments in Massachusetts were experiencing issues with their phone lines Wednesday afternoon.
At 2:29 p.m. Cambridge police tweeted that “wireline and wireless 911 call capability across the state is intermittently impacted at this time” and suggested people use the department’s emergency communications number (617-349-4900) or business line (617-349-3300).
Jeremy Warnick, a spokesman for the Cambridge Police Department, said the city’s Emergency Communications Center was notified by the State 911 Department of a “possible 911 outage”… READ MORE
