by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Major progress to report at the future home of the Knoxville Public Safety Complex.
As WATE 6 On Your Side has reported, the City of Knoxville is investing $40M to reconstruct vacant buildings on the former Tennova hospital site right off of Broadway in North Knoxville.
WATE 6 On Your Side caught up with City of Knoxville Communications Director Kristin Farley and Community Empowerment Director Charles Lomax to learn more…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
WASHINGTON, February 25, 2020 – In the wake of the D.C. Circuit court’s decision to uphold the substance but remand three elements of the Federal Communications Commission’s 2017 net neutrality decision, the FCC issued a notice seeking public comment.
[…] But in upholding the bulk of the regulatory rollback, the D.C. Circuit required the agency to revisit its rationale for rules governing public safety, pole attachments, and the FCC’s Lifeline program for low-income individuals…
by ECC Editor | Feb 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
FAIRFIELD TWP. – The mayor and council will hold public hearings and final votes on several proposed ordinances, including a $960,000 bond ordinance to finance computer hardware and software, a police radio system and a 9-1-1 system, at their meeting Monday, Feb. 24.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the municipal building, 230 Fairfield Ave… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
The phones at the Warren County emergency dispatch center were ringing nonstop on the morning of Feb. 7 as a snow and ice storm wreaked havoc in the region.
The call that county dispatcher Lydia Hayes received late that morning that initially seemed like a wrong number was one that could have been dealt with quickly. A woman on the line said she meant to call her alarm company about home alarms that were going off, but she had dialed the Sheriff’s Office non-emergency number instead…
by ECC Editor | Feb 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
SALT LAKE CITY — In many areas across the state from Saturday through Sunday, emergency dispatchers and police departments let the public know that 9-1-1 wasn’t working on some mobile devices.
“We learned about it yesterday [Saturday] that 9-1-1 didn’t appear to be working, and it supposedly will be carrier specific, but we weren’t really sure,” Davis County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Liz Sollis said… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 24, 2020 | Comm Center News
More and more 911 dispatch centers and county emergency management agencies in the state have implemented a system for users to contact 911 through text message – but the capability isn’t available everywhere.
Greg Leathers, the director of Greene County Emergency Management Agency, said the county wants to have the system in place. However, they’re currently waiting on one of four cellphone service providers to complete their setup to be a part of the 911 texting system in the county… READ MORE
