by ECC Editor | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
The Rock County Communications Center is now receiving accurate device location data for 9-1-1 calls from iPhones with iOS 12+ and Android phones version 4.0+, as well as additional emergency data from apps like Uber, wearables, connected homes, and connected cars, via the RapidSOS Clearinghouse.
The nation’s 50-year-old legacy 911 infrastructure was designed for landlines and provides almost no data to first responders besides a voice-only connection. Through the RapidSOS Clearinghouse, the Rock County Communications Center… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
KEYSER, W.Va. — Mineral County 911 dispatchers will be recognized as “first responders” after the Mineral County Commission approved a resolution presented by Luke McKenzie, director of the county’s Office of Emergency Services.
“When people think of first responders, they typically think of firefighters, EMS or police officers,” McKenzie said.
McKenzie said dispatchers are the first people…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- Social media has made it easier to communicate, but Sioux Falls Police want to remind folks that it doesn’t work for everything. When it comes to reporting tips and crimes, the “old fashioned” way works best.
Like many organizations, the Sioux Falls Police Department has a Facebook and Twitter account.
“Just trying to I guess kind of pull back the curtain and let people know what we’re doing. Things that may not be newsworthy…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
The phones were ringing much more than usual today at Winnebago County’s 911 dispatch center.
About 450 calls came in between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. That’s more than twice as many as last week Wednesday.
There were almost 100 crashes…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
A 911 dispatch supervisor in South Florida was watching a movie on Netflix while a caller tried to get help after someone shot her car’s windshield.
According to the Associated Press, an internal affairs investigation found Julie Vidaud was watching “I Am Mother” during the June 9 call.
There was a 34-minute delay in the call being dispatched to an officer, according to records.
The victim said she called back 16 minutes later before finally driving herself…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 7, 2019 | Comm Center News
BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) – Brown County emergency dispatchers received more than 500 calls Wednesday morning as drivers crashed and slid off roads during a snowy commute.
“It’s going to be a two-vehicle accident, head-on. Unknown injuries at this time. Unknown entrapment.”
“172 eastbound at Webster for a vehicle accident. It is a truck that is flipped over.”
“You have a red, full-sized pickup that spun out and struck the median at mile marker 170.”
We’re told dispatchers answered 536 calls…
