by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Several counties in central Oklahoma have now rolled out a new 9-1-1 text service.
The Oklahoma City 911 dispatch center held a press conference Monday morning, explaining how this will work.
“Oklahoma City, 9-1-1 where is your emergency?” said dispatcher, Audra Siprich
Normally dispatchers are able to communicate to the person on the other end about their situation.
“And you’re on the turnpike? ” Siprich said.
But when some….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
ROXBORO, N.C. (WTVD) — The ABC11 I-Team obtained videos that are the
first examples of what Person County officials call their
“game-changing” technology for 911 callers.
The videos are from live calls and were recorded at Person County Emergency Management’s offices in Roxboro.
“This
is wonderful. This makes 911 dispatchers the true first responder,”
Brett Wrenn, Person County Emergency Communications Manager, told ABC11.
“This is going to give that insight first responders need while they’re
on their way to these types of events.”
Person County introduced the ….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
Recently, a 911 dispatcher got the opportunity to meet the baby girl that she helped deliver over the phone, along with the newborn’s very grateful parents.
As you can imagine, being a 911 dispatcher is a very stressful job. These brave souls clock in every day never knowing what they’ll face: gruesome fatalities, home invasions, possible break-ins, health concerns. Or, maybe a nervous husband calling in because his wife is going into labour…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 14, 2019 | Comm Center News
The United States government is a massive employer, and is always
looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of open
employment positions in locations across the country. Below you’ll find a
Qualification Summary for an active, open job listing from the
Department of the Interior. The opening is for a Fire/Law Enforcement
Logistics Dispatcher in Alamo, Texas Feel free to browse this and any
other job listings and reach out to us with any questions!
Fire/Law Enforcement Logistics Dispatcher – Alamo, Texas
Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Job ID: 158285
Start Date: 10/07/2019
End Date: 10/15/2019
Qualification Summary
Only experience and
education obtained by 10/15/2019 You may qualify at the GS-07 level, if
you fulfill one of the following qualification requirements: A. One year
of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the
Federal service that demonstrated your ability to perform dispatch
duties for wildland fire, police or fire departments, or other emergency
services, including receiving, filling and tracking requests;
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — During
emergencies, we call 911. But imagine doing that and the phone just
keeps ringing. That’s what a Little Rock man claims happened when he
called about a car crash.
A couple of weeks ago, Charlie Hart’s
neighbor crashed her SUV into his front yard after reportedly becoming
faint and disoriented.
When Hart called 911 for help, he says the phone kept ringing.
“You can get hysterical if you can’t reach 911 when you need….
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 13, 2019 | Comm Center News
EL PASO COUNTY —
Continuing our state of growth series with a look at the people on the
other end of the line when calling 911. The growth of Southern Colorado
has impacted dispatchers already, but with a population boom on the
horizon, the way the El Paso County Dispatch Center operates may have to
be changed.
The communications manager for the El Paso County Dispatch Center said she has two big concerns, funding and hiring. Right now, those with dispatch said they are fully staffed, but what a full staff looks like to them could change. “Would I like to see….
