by ECC Editor | Nov 10, 2019 | Comm Center News
The ninth annual Heroes Banquet organized by the nonprofit Homes for Heroes of Chaves County organization honored 36 veterans and first responders on Saturday at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair event building.
Former U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce of Hobbs, now chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico, gave the keynote address to the crowd of about 300, with Roswell Mayor Dennis Kintigh presenting a welcome.
The theme of the evening was “Sacrifice in Service,”… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 10, 2019 | Comm Center News
NORTHFORK — Personnel with a McDowell County ambulance service which closed this week after 30 years of service immediately went back on duty as members of another service that will continue covering the Northfork area.
“As one chapter ends, a new one began Thursday, in a familiar place with some familiar faces. Sadly, after providing caring and compassionate service to the Northfork community since 1989, Widener’s Ambulance Service… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 10, 2019 | Comm Center News
Everyone knew her, or at least recognized her voice. For 29 years she had been the Tillamook County (Ore.) emergency response dispatcher. When you heard her call sign, “813,” on your radio, your heart began to beat faster.
Rosalind attended Tillamook Adventist School and then Laurelwood Academy, but after graduation she chose to go a different direction…
by ECC Editor | Nov 10, 2019 | Comm Center News
A Santa Barbara jury concluded that the City of Santa Barbara should pay former dispatcher Bridget Bryden $1.28 million in economic damages sustained when she was terminated in March 2016 shortly after she’d voiced concerns to her superior that reductions to the qualifications required for new dispatchers posed a health and safety risk to officers in the field and the general public. At the time, the police department was grappling with a serious shortage in dispatchers. To help increase the number of candidates, departmental brass reduced the test scores… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2019 | Comm Center News
WEST ORANGE, NJ — When Chris Babinski, a level-five Communications Operator for the West Orange Police Department (WOPD), recently addressed the township council on the state of stagnant wages for the WOPD communications department.
Babinski, a 40-year West Orange resident and a WOPD employee for more than 30, said that although many believe his job is simply to push a button in order to connect the caller to an officer…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
KEYSER – Luke McKenzie, director of the Office of Emergency Services, has requested that the Mineral County Commission approve a resolution that would classify Mineral County 911 telecommunicators as first responders.
The three commissioners did approve the resolution at the recent county government meeting, as McKenzie said, the 911 workers are “true first responders.”
He also gave a description from the present document as to what types of duties are expected of the 911 telecommunicators…
