by ECC Editor | Nov 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
[…]Fire department communication center makeover
The Fire Department Communications Center is replacing its 1960s/’70s-era consoles with updated equipment. The old consoles have been removed and the main floor of the Communications Center has been cleared of all but one work station for the installation of the new equipment, which will begin this week. On-duty dispatchers are working from the supervisor’s office and will relocate to the Lakes Region Center in Laconia…READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
CUSTER COUNTY—One of two interest payments on a county property was approved by the Custer County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning. A bond payment of the judicial center was approved in the amount of $30,351.25. Deputy Treasurer Lana Moran said two interest payments and one principal payment are made each year on the property and a payment schedule is currently outlined through the year 2030.
No tax list corrections were presented during Tuesday’s regular meeting and the board approved middle of the month claims… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
Cincinnati officials say they’ve shaved five weeks off the time it takes to hire call takers and dispatchers for the city’s emergency communications center (ECC). But the process from someone applying to actually getting a job still takes 14 weeks. It used to be 19 weeks.
Right now the center is 20 people short. That includes vacancies for three supervisors … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
After 10 years in the Navy as a fighter pilot – deployed in Japan and Washington state, Lt. Commander Rebecca Ping secured a Masters of Science degree in emergency management and began working for Needham in 2017 as its emergency management administrator.
Then, in early 2018, the Naval reservist got a call to deploy. Six months later, she found herself at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar assigned to a non-flying role in the U.S. military’s Combined Air Operations Center… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
(TNS) — Emergency dispatch operators in Rock County, Wis., have a new tool that allows them to track 911 callers faster and more accurately than ever before.
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The service is free to registered 911 centers from RapidSOS Clearinghouse, a company formed by former Federal Communications Commission commissioners… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
The Orleans Parish Communication District has agreed to negotiate a contract with a local architecture company to design an expansion of the Chief Warren E. McDaniels Sr. 911 Center.
The OPCD Board of Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution allowing OPCD executive director Tyrell Morris to negotiate with VergesRome to expand the facility at 118 City Park Ave.
In March, the board authorized a concept and feasibility study … READ MORE
