by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
Hutto Fire Rescue, also known as Williamson County Emergency Services District #3, has a new app that helps residents protect themselves and their property during an incident or major disaster.
Hutto Fire Rescue provides services to a 63-square mile area of eastern Williamson County with an estimated population of 45,000 people.
The app, called Hutto Community Connect, allows resident to share critical information about their household to..
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
HINGHAM — It was a bit of a surprise when 25 police cars and fire trucks turned on their lights and sirens and started circling Hingham Town Hall on Thursday morning, said Laurie Croke, South Shore Regional Emergency Communication Center executive director.
“They’re observant and said, ‘Why is there a reporter out there, and the assistant director, and why is Sgt. Steve Dearth out there?’ They knew something was coming,” she said. “One dispatcher said, ‘I wonder if they’re going to do a parade for us like they’ve done for the hospitals, nurses and doctors.’”
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — After 23 years of saving lives as a Little Rock police officer, Aaron Manning retired from duty but not from public service — he decided to put his years of experience to good use, starting a new job as a 911 dispatcher.
“Every opportunity you have to help someone out makes you feel better as a person,” said Manning of his decision.
In March, one of Manning’s co-workers flew to Houston to pick up a relative from a cruise ship. The relative had taken advantage of cheap…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
Before you see the lights or hear the sirens of your first responders, you most likely have already interacted with the first first-responders.
Each time the residents of Walla Walla County call the 911 center (which, by the way, was over 85,000 times in 2019), the call is answered by the dedicated professionals of the Walla Walla Emergency Services Communications Center…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
They’re the voices you hear on the other end of a 911 call and they’re dispatching important information during emergencies.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — They’re the voices you hear on the other end of a 911 call and they’re dispatching important information during emergencies. Now they’re being celebrated during telecommunications appreciation week.
“We really are the first responders. We are the first people to be notified whenever you have an…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
This week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, and it’s a good time to thank your local dispatchers.
The Putnam County 911 Center has 12 full-time dispatchers, said Putnam County 911 Assistant Director Brandon Smith.
“We have 20 employees total, including our full-time employees, part-time and administration,” Smith said.
The longest running dispatcher, Phillip Harris, has been in the field since March 15, 1974. He was dispatching during the 1974 tornado outbreak and was there for the March 3 tornado…
