by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2020 | Comm Center News, Opinions
This is National 911 Telecommunicators Week
911 is the gateway to access for emergency services. At all hours of the day or night, a citizen or visitor to Winchester or Frederick County calls 911 to get help from fire-rescue, sheriff’s office, city police or animal control services.
A response to an emergency or non-emergency incident does not begin until one of the cool-headed and highly professional 911 call takers obtains all of the essential information from the caller to determine the response resources that are needed to handle the incident being reported. This is often a difficult task…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2020 | Comm Center News
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – This week, kicked off “Public Safety Telecommunicator Appreciation Week” when as an agency and a community show our true appreciation for the amazing men and women who work behind the scenes to keep our Law Enforcement Officers and community safe.
National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, which is designated as a time to recognize the amazing work of our very own Brevard…
by ECC Editor | Apr 14, 2020 | Comm Center News
A new service in San Francisco will allow people in dangerous situations to text 911 instead of calling, city officials announced Friday.
Although people are still encouraged to call 911 in emergency situations, the new option is intended for people who are not in a safe place to call for help; people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disability; or those who can’t speak to a 911 operator because of a medical emergency… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2020 | Comm Center News
This week is designated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, honoring those in the field of emergency call-taking by recognizing them for their quick thinking actions as they navigate telephone lifeline responses between those needing help and those first fire and sheriff’s office responders arriving on scene.
This spring there have been a number of retirements in the Carson City Dispatch Center, accounting for more than 90 years of combined service. Beginning in March, Carson City’s dispatch center has seen three retirements…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2020 | Comm Center News
LEXINGTON, KY. (April 14, 2020) — We all hear of first responders — the police, fire and paramedic crews that are first on scene of emergencies. But the literal first responders of first responders are the communications officers who take calls about those emergencies.
April 12-18 is designated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), a time to recognize those personnel without whom public safety officers would not be able to perform their work…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 14, 2020 | Comm Center News
In a moving tribute, Beaver County 911 DIspatch has radioed Aliquippa Acting Police Chief Robert Sealock and Ambridge Interim Police Chief Romutis for the final time.
Using its Beaver County 911 Center radio identifier “856”, an emergency dispatcher repeatedly called over the airwaves for Sealock and Romutis..she received no answer.
