by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
WINNESHIEK COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) – When you dial 911 in an emergency, the voice of the dispatcher is the first you hear. While their police, fire and EMS counterparts are considered first responders in the state of Iowa, emergency dispatchers are not.
Emergency dispatchers are tasked with life-saving duties like coaching people through medical emergencies and keeping them calm, however Iowa equates that work to a clerk filing papers.
“They’re classified as clerical. That is simply not the case…
by ECC Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
Owensboro-Daviess County 9-1-1 dispatch has gone online with a new computer dispatch function that is expected to reduce the time it takes to dispatch responders to fire and medical calls.
City-county 9-1-1 Director Paul Nave said the dispatch center tested the system last week and went online with it at 9 a.m. Monday.
The text-to-speech feature is part of a larger upgrade to the 9-1-1 Center’s… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia sheriff has been chosen to lead the state Department of Public Safety on an interim basis after its prior chief resigned in the aftermath of a cheating scandal involving state troopers.
Former Tift County Sheriff Gary Vowell, who retired from office in 2012, was approved to step in as Georgia’s interim public safety commissioner by the agency’s board Wednesday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
| NENA has established a scholarship program to honor the commitment of William “Bill” McMurray, ENP, Past President, to the mission of NENA and 9-1-1 education. The scholarship will be awarded for the NENA 2020 Conference & Expo, and covers the conference registration fee and four nights of lodging at a conference hotel (to be determined by NENA upon awarding of scholarship). Travel expenses to and from the conference and meals are not included in this award… |
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
ATLANTA – Almost 30% of public safety professionals surveyed by the International Wireless Communications Expo reported they are currently using drones in their operations. The responses were part of an overall industry insights report about the industry’s use of critical communications ahead of the IWCE event in late March in Las Vegas.
The survey was sent to system users from the first responders, public safety, transportation, utilities, oil & gas…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
ATLANTA, Ga — Governor Kemp’s office announces that former Sheriff Gary Vowell, of Tift County, is the new Interim Public Safety Commissioner for the state of Georgia.
The press release stating, today the Board of Public Safety voted unanimously to approve former Tift County Sheriff Gary Vowell to serve as the interim commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. Governor Kemp applauded the board’s decision, citing Vowell’s lifelong…
