by ECC Editor | May 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office received notification today that the Public Safety Answering Point; 9-1-1 Center in Hardin County has once again achieved compliance with the State of Ohio 9-1-1- Program Office’s regulations for PSAPs.
These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following: Continued education for telecommunicators, a training program for new telecommunicators, and technical/mechanical standards in the dispatch center… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | May 1, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
By Scott Yates, CEO, First Call Ambulance
NASHVILLE, TN – When COVID-19 hit, businesses had to find new ways to operate. With most of our employees working on the front lines of healthcare, the need to protect staff and patients was clear.
Our company, First Call Ambulance, is a medical transportation company, providing both emergency and non-emergency ambulance transportation. We are a certified, veteran-owned small business with 350 employees and more than 60 ambulances serving middle and east Tennessee. We respond to more than 50,000 calls a year for emergency and non-emergency ambulance transportation. READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | May 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
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After careful consideration, NENA has decided to reschedule the NENA 2020 Conference & Expo, previously planned for June 13-18 in Long Beach, CA. The new dates are September 24-29 and Long Beach remains our host city. With the well-being of attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and volunteers as the number one priority, it is clear that rescheduling #NENA2020 is the only responsible course of action at this time…
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by AllThingsECC.com | May 1, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
By David Smith
Most of the time when we have issues trying to hear on a cell phone call, we turn into a version of Verizon’s original Test Man (played by Paul Marcarelli) and start repeating “Can you hear me now?” However, if the connection being made is needed by a first responder during an emergency, a momentary annoyance like this can turn into a life-threatening problem. So, what is there to do?
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by AllThingsECC.com | May 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
Kingsport Police Department 911 shift supervisor Douglas Ray Boone was selected Tuesday evening to become the new director of Hawkins Co. Central Dispatch.
The 911 board received a total of seven applications when the position was advertised, but the board’s personnel committee narrowed this list down to three finalists. The board made the final decision after interviewing the three finalists on Tuesday in a closed-door executive meeting…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 1, 2020 | Comm Center News
One ripple effect of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is a precipitous drop in emergency calls to dispatchers, especially in the northeast region of the state.
With more people staying home and less likely to risk a hospital admittance, the number of structure fires and medical calls slowed since the beginning of March in sections of Windham County, said Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications Operations Manager Travis Irons…
