by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 12, 2020 | Comm Center News
Trooper Mitchell Reynolds of the State Highway Patrol’s Marietta post and Dispatcher Sara Morgan of the Cambridge Dispatch Center recently received letters of commendation and certificates for their life-saving efforts during an incident on Sept. 24 in Washington County.
The pair are credited with helping to save the life of Vincent resident Charles Robinson who was reportedly suffering a stroke when stopped by Reynolds on U.S. 50 near Little Hocking…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 12, 2020 | Comm Center News
Upcoming changes to the statewide 911 system are expected to drastically improve the ability of dispatchers to locate 911 callers in rural Alaska by recording cellphone call locations, according to the Department of Public Safety.
When 911 callers in rural areas use their cellphones to call for help, the state’s current system isn’t able to tell where the caller is located. Public Safety Deputy Commissioner Leon Morgan said this is worrisome because callers don’t always know exactly where they are located, especially if they are hunting or off the road system…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
Margaret Haugan is Minot Police Department’s new Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Manager, according to a Facebook post from the MPD.
Haugan has worked for Minot Central Dispatch for 12 years.
She will take over as PSAP manager after Barb McPeak retires on Jan. 31.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 10, 2020 | Comm Center News
For this year, Jefferson County 9-1-1 is working on launching a brand new Computer Aided Dispatching (CAD) system to law enforcement and other emergency first responders.
Chief Willaims expects the CAD system to be up and running by late second quarter of this year.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
Iroquois County is making its strides to becoming NextGen 9-1-1 compliant.
At Wednesday evening’s Emergency Telephones Systems Board (ETSB) meeting a GIS mapping bid and a recording software quote were approved to allow 9-1-1 director Eric Raymond to write the costs in a grant to get them paid by outside sources.
The board approved Bruce Harris and Associates’ bid of $85,570 for the GIS mapping. It was this company which set up GIS mapping for the county board and its offices several years ago…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 9, 2020 | Comm Center News
TORRINGTON — The name Doug Tillotson may not ring a bell, but his voice is a dead giveaway. His folksy oratory on the radio transmissions at Litchfield County Dispatch is one that Torrington police officers, firefighters and first responders across Litchfield County rely on each day — and they do so, often, with a chuckle…
