by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
In an email to the college community on Jan. 28, Mike Hill, director of public safety updated the campus community about several positions that Public Safety is looking to fill. These include the senior positions of Associate Director for Operations and Associate Director for Community Engagement and Professional Standards. Various community members view these hirings as an opportunity for Public Safety to increase their engagement with students and improve relationships.
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 20, 2020 | Comm Center News
The end is in sight!
Excitement is growing in our police, fire and dispatch community as the completion of the new Public Safety Building is nearly within reach. If you have driven by the site lately, you have probably noticed the exterior landscape and hardscape treatments that were installed just prior to winter, and watched the talented masonry crew stack brick after block on the Route 1 façade. On the inside, over 100 craftspeople are installing tile, carpet, paint, cabinets, lighting, sinks, and all of the other finishes that will provide a home for our first responders in the very near future…
by ECC Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
Manatee County, Fla., soon plans to install RapidDeploy’s cloud-based NG911 Bundle, which is expected to provide tactical-mapping and data-analytics capabilities to the county’s 911 emergency communications center.
Funded with almost $100,000 from a state grant program designed to let public-safety answering points (PSAPs) procure next-generation 911 (NG911), the RapidDeploy Radius Plus platform being implemented in Manatee County will let… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo.– Christian County officials tell Ozarks First reporters that 9-1-1 operations are working once again. The County originally warned of a system-wide outage on the afternoon of February 16th, 2020.
The County says it’s still running tests on the 9-1-1 system and that those tests could continue for an undetermined amount of time… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
The triangulation of a 911 call from a cellphone can provide too large a search area for first responders when time matters most. In Mississippi, officials have embraced a no-cost software solution to narrow a caller’s location to roughly 3 feet and help contend with the state’s large swaths of rural and wooded areas.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is just now… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
When in an emergency, it’s nice to get help close to home.
Foothills County is hoping the UCP will allow its residents — and those in Okotoks, Black Diamond-Turner Valley — to talk to someone close at home when in an emergency and possibly trying to save a loved one.
The UCP announced tentative changes to health services last week to cut costs… READ MORE
