by ECC Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
ELLSWORTH — On Jan. 13, councilors approved $25,000 in matching funds for a design study that will look at connecting the city’s bike/pedestrian path that ends on Birch Avenue to the Down East Sunrise Trail, the mixed-use path that terminates on High Street near Beals Avenue.
[…] Councilors also unanimously approved continuing to contract with the Hancock County Regional Communications Center (RCC) for overnight dispatch services, which Police Chief Glenn Moshier said… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
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by ECC Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
We stopped by the 911 Call Center as a four-legged friend named Texsi was on duty to come to their rescue.
AUSTIN, Texas — When there’s an emergency, 911 dispatchers are the first ones we call, but who comes to their rescue?
They deal with stressful events on a daily basis and it turns out, furry friends are right there to provide some relief.
KVUE stopped by Austin’s 911 Call Center. It’s filled with operators from Austin police, fire and EMS departments who are making sure in any crisis, help is on the way…READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
Authorizing the Committees on Labor & Civil Service and Public Safety to hold joint hearings regarding hiring, staffing, and retention challenges for the 911 Unified Call center, and the impact these challenges have on the health and well-being of 911 dispatchers
WHEREAS, 911 “dispatchers are a linchpin of the nation’s emergency-response infrastructure. Their responses to 911 calls directly impact how quickly police, firefighters and other first responders are sent to help and whether they go to the right place,” according to a Wall Street Journal article entitled “911 Emergency: Call Centers Can’t Find Workers”; and
WHEREAS, When most Philadelphians call 911, they understandably do not think about the other person at the end of the line – the 911 dispatcher answering their call. They expect, or more likely …
by ECC Editor | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
It was supposed to be a simple fix.
New Jersey desperately needed an overhaul of its antiquated 911 emergency response system. To pay for it, a small fee was placed on every resident’s phone bill.
Yet in the decade since the fee was instituted, the fund has been raided repeatedly to help pay for other public safety expenses, like search and rescue… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2020 | Comm Center News
MANSFIELD — Suzanne Meister has seen it all during her 31 years as a 911 dispatcher working with Mansfield police and fire departments.
“We’ve been through it,” said Lisa Abrams a fellow dispatcher. “We’ve done bank robberies, shootings, pursuits … Suzanne has taught me a lot of things being a dispatcher.
“She taught me it’s not just about dispatching calls. It’s about knowing your people and their families…
