by ECC Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
Norman city departments may have to forego replacement of police vehicles and other vehicles as officials grapple with a continuing $3.5 million budget shortfall.
By June 30, the Capital Improvement Project Fund will hemorrhage $600,000, which helps pay for the city’s fleet maintenance and replacement.
Norman Finance Director Anthony Francisco will address the city council at 5:30 tonight during a study session about the status of the CIP fund, the general fund and further cuts he will recommend.
While the University North Park tax increment finance district is tied up in a court challenge, the council…READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Hunterdon County Department of Public Safety Communication Division fosters stress relief within its 27 Public Safety Telecommunicators (PST), or 911 emergency dispatchers, with visits from service dogs.
Because there are multiple demands placed on each dispatcher as they answer calls for numerous police departments, fire companies, first aid squads and mobile intensive care units, the opportunity to visit with service dogs, on site, is a very successful source of stress relief, according to Hunterdon County Communications Division Head James Curry…
by ECC Editor | Feb 19, 2020 | Comm Center News
Community members across Erie County who know CPR are encouraged to download a new app.
Saint Vincent and Erie County 911 have introduced the PulsePoint Respond mobile app.
Those who sign up will receive alerts when someone nearby is in sudden cardiac arrest.
The free app comes after the county updated the 911 system.
If the emergency is in a public place, it will alert users in the vicinity. Those responding will also be alerted to where the closest AED unit is… READ MORE
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…
