by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
BUCKHANNON — The Upshur County Commission endorsed a proclamation on Thursday, recognizing E911 telecommunicators as first responders. On March 7, 2019, California Representative Norma J. Torres referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor to review and make revisions to the Standard Occupational Classification System. This action became cited as the “Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Act of 2019” or the “911 SAVES Act.”
According to the H.R. 1629 -911 Saves Act, the overall purpose of the 911…
by ECC Editor | Nov 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
Once again DC 911 shows it can’t handle its basic mission
There’s more proof this (Wednesday) afternoon the 911 center in the Nation’s Capital is incapable of performing its core mission of sending the right help to the right location in a timely manner. In today’s incident, DC Fire & EMS Department Engine 1 attempted to get two additional engine companies and a battalion chief to assist with a natural gas leak. Amid much confusion at the Office of Unified Communications (OUC or 911 center), it took dispatchers approximately seven minutes… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 3, 2019 | Comm Center News
A Peoria man, Nicky McDonald, has been arrested for child
pornography. We are learning more about the case from a Freedom of
Information Request.
McDonald is a registered sex offender and police records show he used public WiFi to access porn sites.
According to police in early August, McDonald was seen sitting
outside of the Peoria Police Emergency Communications Center using their
public WiFi. Their initial investigation showed McDonald was looking up
porn sites on his phone using that WiFi.
After police got….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 3, 2019 | Comm Center News
(Editors note: 112 is their equivalent to 911. This Story is from India.)
BENGALURU: The dial 112 helpline which
was inaugurated with much fanfare by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, had
its lines choked on Thursday. The newly set up command centre in
Bengaluru has 60 answering points with two Primary Rate Interface
(PRI).
“The response was high until 6pm on
Friday and we received an average of 22,000 calls per hour from Jio
network alone. We received a good response but it was unprecedented,”
said ADGP (Communication, Logistics and Modernisation), R P Sharma.
The department will….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 3, 2019 | Comm Center News
(HELTONVILLE) – A coordinated effort between Lawrence County 9-1-1 dispatchers and Pleasant Run Fire Department helped an elderly man who was lost in the woods Saturday afternoon.
Around 1:16 p.m. Saturday, Lawrence County 9-1-1 dispatchers received
a call from a 72-year old male who got lost in the woods on McPike
Branch Road north of Heltonville.
“The 9-1-1 dispatchers used GPS coordinates from the 9-1-1 call and three firefighters using their GPS, as well as using a siren from the fire truck, helped firefighters locate him,” said Chad Hillenburg of Pleasant Run Fire Department.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 3, 2019 | Comm Center News
This police officer took his vows to ‘serve’ the public to a whole
new level after a little boy dialed 911 to order food for his sister.
Mesa Police Department dispatcher Anthony Bonilla was surprised—and
amused—to receive a call earlier this week from a 5-year-old boy named
Charlie Skabelund.
In an adorable audio clip that was released by the department on social media, Charlie can be heard asking the police dispatcher if….
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