by ECC Editor | Apr 5, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) – For weeks, officials in all 46 South Carolina counties asked the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to give them a secure database.
The database was expected to be filled with addresses of people who tested positive for the coronavirus so first responders could protect themselves.
DHEC announced it will supply the addresses.
[…] ”When we get a call my telecommunicator has 40 seconds to get the call ready for dispatch so seconds are… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
National 911 Education Month Prepares Americans for Emergencies
Stratford, CT – The month of April is National 911 Education Month. Stratford Public Safety Communications Center will be periodically putting out information to help the public better understand their 9-1-1 system.
During this COVID pandemic, it is timely to point out some important information related to how and when to use the 9-1-1 system. Your Stratford Public Safety Dispatchers are an important part of the Town’s COVID response and stand poised and ready to assist you with professional and compassionate assistance over the phone… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 2, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department was scheduled to host an on-site assessment team this week for its goal of national accreditation for its communication division, but that effort has been moved into May.
The assessor for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies was to conduct a review of the 911 Center to ensure it meets the organization’s standards for excellence, according to a news release from the police department… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 30, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
To better assist first responders responding to emergencies during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) Executive Director Rich Guidice today urged Chicago’s residents to sign up for Smart911, a free, voluntary and secure service that allows individuals and families to provide critical medical information when they call 9-1-1. By creating a Safety Profile that is automatically displayed to the 9-1-1 call taker, the service allows residents to self-identify to first responders if they … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 29, 2020 | Comm Center News
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (3/28/20) — Madisonville Police Department dispatcher Kaleb M. White is among 22 law enforcement dispatchers who graduated Wednesday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
The graduates hail from communications centers across the state, and comprise DOCJT’s 131st telecommunications academy class, which first began in 1999.
The students graduating from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy represent the successful… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
When public health emergencies threaten our communities and pose special challenges, like the current COVID-19 pandemic, the first responder family, including law enforcement, fire, EMS and 9-1-1 telecommunicators, must prepare their response.
In addition to their normal daily duties, agencies must prepare, educate and train their first responders on evaluating medically related signs and symptoms of COVID-19, how to protect themselves and others from catching or spreading the coronavirus, and what to do if someone is sick with COVID-19…
