by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
COTTONWOOD – Asking people over the phone about personal health circumstances never gets easier, emergency dispatchers say.
Of course, what has been easy, for any first responders, during the COVID-9 pandemic?
Marie Carpenter, the manager of the Cottonwood Police Department Communications Center, helped coordinate responses to a single Verde Independent question posed to dispatch staff: What special challenges has the pandemic put in your path?
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
On June 1, Champaign County EMS and fire agencies will start the process of transitioning to the Multi-Agency Radio Communication System (MARCS) with County Dispatch. MARCS is a 700/800 MHz radio and data network that utilizes state-of-the-art trunked technology to provide statewide interoperability in digital clarity to its subscribers throughout Ohio and a 10-mile radius outside Ohio. The Phase 1 transition to MARCS involves the whole month of June. The focus of the transition is simulcasting the MARCS and current VHF system to evaluate current equipment capabilities…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
CANTON — Many people don’t think of that voice on the other end of the line, the one that is there, only when you need it, when there is an emergency, when you don’t know where else to turn, the one that answers, “9-1-1.”
But on Friday, members of the St. Lawrence District Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York showed their gratitude for the members of the St. Lawrence County Emergency Services and…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
The county approved a measure earlier this year setting the stage for the construction of a cell tower at 233 Richard Petty Boulevard, pending city approval. The purpose of the move is to build a tower at a higher elevation for improved an expanded coverage of the county’s public safety communications system…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
Columbia 9-1-1- Communications District, the sole Public Safety 9-1-1 Answering Point (PSAP) and dispatch center for all public safety agencies based in Columbia County, has been recognized by RQI Partners and the Resuscitation Academy Foundation as a “Resuscitation Trailblazer.”
The award signifies Columbia 9-1-1 Communications District’s commitment to improving telephone CPR practices and increasing cardiac arrest survival…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) — A wild ride on an interstate in central Ohio came to a safe end when a highway patrol dispatcher calmly instructed a driver how to stop her runaway SUV.
State troopers tried to clear traffic away from the vehicle. Police dashcam video posted on Facebook showed the vehicle weaving through traffic as the dispatcher, named Becky, told the driver to “listen to me right now.”
