by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) awarded 24 grant projects totaling $2.1 million in federal funding to local public safety answering points (PSAPs) across Wisconsin. Funding will be used for various projects related to the upgrade/replacement of existing end of life equipment to be NextGen9-1-1 capable. A summary of the grant awards is detailed below.
In August 2019, Wisconsin was awarded $2.9 million in federal grant funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Commerce for the purpose of advancing NextGen9-1-1 …
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators, SAFECOM and the Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications have released a fact sheet to help law enforcement and public safety agencies manage encryption keys in order to protect voice communications from unauthorized personnel.
The Encryption Key Management Fact Sheet provides information on how public safety agencies can manage cryptographic keys and reasons why agencies should encrypt land mobile radio systems, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Friday…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
HAWKINS CO., Tenn. (WJHL)- Hawkins county’s public safety committee took a long-awaited step to get the county back on track after a system failure where the towers linking the emergency communications system failed at the end of last year.
That system is made up of several towers that send and receive frequencies across the county. That system failure causing continuous issues for first responders and rescue squads in Hawkins county…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The FCC has set an accuracy requirement for the “Z” or height axis used to determine location of a person inside a building at three meters (9.842 feet). This will result in more accurate location determination than previous calculations that did not include the Z-Axis, but it still falls short when pinpoint locations are needed. Many within the public-safety community are calling for “to the floor and to the door” location…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
Although the calls went to both Loudoun and Montgomery counties, and Thomas was in Virginia waters, only Montgomery County Fire and Rescue was dispatched.
“Clearly there was a jurisdiction issue between Maryland and Virginia — and when you’re on the phone with 911, the last thing you want is to get transferred to somebody else in a different state and that’s exactly what happened,” Koorbusch said in a video call with News4 …
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
An employee at the Alachua County Sheriff’s office is being honored for her working rescuing a sexual abuse survivor.
The sheriff’s office named Cherie Muse as its 2019 employee of the year.
Muse earned the award after the telecommunicator received a text from a 15-year-old girl who was sexually battered by a man. The girl was alone with him at an unknown location. Muse used the girl’s descriptions of landmarks to help lead deputies to the girl… READ MORE
