CINCINNATI (FOX19) – City Manager Patrick Duhaney announced on Thursday the city’s Emergency Communications Center has a new director, effective March 8.
Bill Vedra will assume leadership responsibilities from Jayson Dunn, who had been serving as Special Project Manager at the ECC on a temporary basis since June 2018.
Dunn will return to his role as Director of Enterprise Technology Solutions and Chief Technology Officer…
Advanced technology raises questions about the future of emergency communications
[Originally published in the March/April 2020 PSC magazine.]
By Suzanne Ladd, Senior Program Manager for Seminole County Fire/EMS Emergency Communications
It’s really hard to believe that it was just 51 years ago when the first 9-1-1 call was made in the United States in Haleyville, Alabama. At that time, this was innovation and just the beginning of emergency communications center (ECC) operations. Nobody conceived, beyond the world of Star Trek, how technology would play a pivotal role in our world. The introduction of advanced technology is no longer a sci-fi thriller. It’s here, living amongst…
The Dodge County Board of Supervisors approved an interlocal agreement with Colfax County to join its 911 servers during its meeting Wednesday morning.
Dodge County Communications Director Shelly Holzerland said Nebraska is transitioning to NextGen 911, an IP-based system.
“We’re currently using 1960s technology to try to bring 911 calls into the PSAP… READ MORE
In Mineral County, 9-1-1 dispatchers are now recognized as first responders, the same as firefighters, police officers and emergency medical services workers. The recognition was bestowed upon the dispatchers by the Mineral County Commission.
“They make so many sacrifices and deserve this classification,” Luke McKenzie, director of Mineral County Emergency Services, said… READ MORE
TODAY: HOUSE E&C TAKES ON PUBLIC SAFETY — Get ready: Energy and Commerce’s telecom subcommittee is considering eight bills this morning for a legislative hearing, all dealing one way or another with how to “strengthen communications networks to help Americans in crisis.” The bills aim to help enhance the emergency alert system, ensure wireless network resiliency…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department switched from the analog system to digital in December, while the Fayetteville Police Department and Petersburg Police Department made the move just weeks ago, said B.J. McCurry, director of the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Emergency Communications Center.
[…] The cost of the new digital system amounted to approximately $270,000 for the E911 Board, which oversees the FLC Emergency Communications Center. Additionally, the Lincoln County Commission … READ MORE
