by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
Keeping his community safe has long been a big part of Rob Barton’s life.
A veteran police dispatcher with the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority, he has been the calming voice at the end of the line for many years, dealing with a wide variety of emergency calls.
He remembers the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires like they were on Wednesday, and says domestic violence calls really hit home, sticking with him for years to come.
But it was a leisurely walk after work one morning…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
The Fond du Lac County Communications Center will be saying farewell to a longtime member of their staff in the coming days.
Dispatcher Frank Quick will be retiring from the dispatch center on Sunday, after 33-and-a-half years of service as a 9-1-1 dispatcher. County Communications and Emergency Management Director Bobbi Hicken tells us that Quick will be missed in the dispatch center. “He just is a wonderful person, has worked very hard and is finally hanging up his headset and going on to retirement,” Hicken said. “He was one of my training officers, he taught me everything I know…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
NEW FRANKLIN New Franklin wants to remain a primary dispatch center even as the state recently changed the guidelines and requirements.
During the Oct. 2 City Council meeting, council approved the creation of one temporary full-time dispatcher position for the New Franklin Dispatch Center.
Mayor Paul Adamson said the state now requires two dispatchers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 15, 2019 | Comm Center News
Eight years ago, voters passed a tax measure for a more efficient and
better first response to emergencies across Pierce County.
On Monday, work began on a $59 million project for South Sound 911’s public safety communications building at the site of the former Puget Sound Hospital.
The project includes a new dispatch and record center on Pacific Avenue for police, fire and EMT agencies, equipment and furnishings and renovating the current….
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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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