by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
CHULA VISTA, California — Chula Vista police officers are getting a quicker start on emergencies thanks to new technology that allows 911 calls to be sent directly to computers in their patrol cars.
Instead of waiting for a 911 operator to type out their notes and then have the information relayed by a dispatcher, officers can hear the call in real time and begin heading to emergencies while the caller is still on the line — potentially shaving crucial minutes off response time…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 27, 2020 | Comm Center News
NORTH EAST — Lieutenant Mike Kelley of the Crescent Hose Co. navigates the department’s red fire truck along a picturesque stretch of Route 5 as North East Fire Chief Dave Meehl watches the red light on the truck’s mobile communications radio start to glow.
A voice chimes in over the radio. It’s unintelligible.
“All we’re doing is picking up garble,” Kelley says as the truck coasts east toward the New York state line. “We can’t even transmit…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
A longtime employee of the city’s emergency service departments has been appointed to lead a newly created public safety office.
Annastasia M. Walker will serve as executive director of the city’s Office of Public Safety Administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday. Walker will be tasked with overseeing “efforts to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and improve administrative functions” across the city’s police and fire departments, as well as the Office of Emergency Management and Communications…
by ECC Editor | Jul 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
Once again, Flathead County voters are being asked to support a ballot measure that will tax property owners to pay for ongoing equipment upgrades at the Flathead Emergency Communications Center known as the 911 center. It’s the third such proposal in six years, and obviously the county commissioners are hoping the third time’s a charm.
The proposal to be placed on the Nov. 3 ballot would raise just over $3.5 million annually and cost the owner of a $300,000 home around $53 a year. The commissioners have acknowledged this could be a tough sell amid a pandemic… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
Making 911 calls over something that is not an emergency in the United States of America, but the outcome was different for a senior citizen who called 911 to complain that her refrigerator had broken down.
Cheryl Nanartonis of Jensen Beach, Florida, was worried would go bad after her refrigerator broke down and she didn’t have any money to fix it. She called the emergency line and the dispatcher sent deputies to her home because they “believed she was in crisis”… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 26, 2020 | Comm Center News
A dispatcher, a mom and a police officer together helped save a teenage boy’s life in … They’re trying to save her sixteen-year-old son who had a medical emergency while inside riverside homes and stopped breathing I was like god …
