by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners on Tuesday approved up to an additional $83,000 for alterations to a project to upgrade, renovate and relocate aspects of the sheriff’s department — including the 9-1-1 dispatch center — within the Peoples Community Center.
The total cost for the project, the first the county has done under the design-and-build process, has risen to $916,000, though commissioners pointed out the… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
HAWKINS COUNTY, 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.
“Now, you’re running six, eight, nine, twelve people to a shift. You’re averaging a hundred calls a shif,…
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
As new COVID-19 cases continue to rise in 22 states and strain emergency departments nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) suggest ER visits in April were down 42% across the country compared to the same period last year.
Additionally, new data from ImageTrend Collaborate™, a national pre-hospital de-identified database, suggests 9-1-1 means of transport are down 29% from January 2020 to April 2020. Yet, heart attacks and strokes haven’t stopped for COVID-19… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
The new president of America’s leading 9-1-1 organization brings decades of leadership and front-line experience to the role.
Gary Bell, ENP – Director of Emergency Preparedness for Waukesha County, Wisconsin – was sworn in on June 17 as President of NENA: The 9-1-1 Association’s Board of Directors. He now leads the organization’s nearly 16,000 members in efforts to improve 9-1-1 through research, standards development, training, education, outreach, and advocacy.
Watch the on-demand replay of the installation ceremony and President Bell’s remarks here.
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
T-Mobile customers across the United States reported network outages that rendered them unable to make phone calls or access the internet on Monday. Other wireless carriers said the outages were disrupting connections for their customers when they tried to call T-Mobile lines.
The company said that the outages were a result of a “widespread routing issue affecting voice & text.”
Just after 1 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the company’s president of technology tweeted that voice and text services were restored… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jun 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
A civilian Alachua County sheriff’s employee has been suspended with pay and is under internal investigation because of some posts she made on Facebook.
Ashley Mauger, who works in the Combined Communications Center, responded Monday night to two women who had posted comments about an allegation of abusive policing by criticizing their grammar.
“I can’t even fathom the response you will get when you dial 911 and possibly get me on the phone with yourself or a loved one in a life or death emergency. SMH you should all be ashamed of yourselves,” Mauger wrote… READ MORE
