by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
[…]Judge Chick made mention of the need for the court to start looking into an additional funding source for the Emergency Communications Center (911) due to a drop in landline use. The county currently receives a fee from every landline in Logan County that is earmarked for the 911 center.
Chick said he had spoken with Greg Hale, Director of Logan Telephone about the Co-op’s recent decision to provide internet service without a landline. Chick said he was told over 600 landlines have been dropped…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 25, 2019 | Comm Center News
Over 50 law enforcement and other emergency agencies came to Stuart last week to assist with an officer-involved shooting, but the first people who responded to those injured weren’t made visible by flashing lights or sirens.
Guthrie County Dispatchers Amy Cleveland and Paula Martinson were working on October 17th when they received the call that officers had been shot at about 10:43 p.m. The two of them worked to get responding agencies to the scene to transport the officers to Des Moines hospitals…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 24, 2019 | Comm Center News
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Pasco County Sheriffs responded to a call about a woman who kept dialing 9-1-1.
Deputies say Jessica Ann Tyler, 33 dialed 9-1-1 11 times over fifteen days.
One of the phone calls made, Tyler called Emergency Dispatch Services to report drug activity at a neighbor’s house.
She then called back and was transferred…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 24, 2019 | Comm Center News
CHICAGO– RapidSOS, an emergency technology company, and 911inform, a cloud-based notification and security management platform, today announced a partnership to connect smart buildings with 9-1-1 during an emergency. This partnership empowers RapidSOS-connected public safety agencies to communicate with 911inform-connected buildings during an emergency – providing accurate location information from the scene and allowing 9-1-1 dispatchers to control doors…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 24, 2019 | Comm Center News
The Niagara Regional Police Service has been recognized as an Accredited Centre of Excellence for police communications.
It’s a first in Ontario, and the second in Canada.
Three years ago, the NRP changed its Communications Unit operation by implementing the Police Priority Dispatch System.
The system had members in the unit use new methods on calls and that enhanced the level of service provided…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 24, 2019 | Comm Center News
Having a cell phone and being able to dial 911 and reach the Wilkes Communications Center might have saved a man’s life Wednesday afternoon, said Champion Fire & Rescue Chief Craig Hollar.
Michael Lucas, 58, was seriously injured and lying about 40 feet down a steep, kudzu-covered embankment off Red Top Road in the Mount Pleasant community when he made the 911 call…
