by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2019 | Comm Center News
Members of the Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance
Dispatchers Bargaining Association and the Health Employers’ Association
of BC employer-members have ratified an agreement under government’s
Sustainable Services Negotiating Mandate.
“The mandate focuses on improving services for people and ensuring
fair and affordable compensation,” stated a Sept. 30 B.C. Ministry of
Finance media release.
The approximately
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2019 | Comm Center News
Collierville’s Terrye Canady has been recognized by the Shelby County 911 board for achieving her Emergency Number Professional certification.
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2019 | Comm Center News
Dynamic
Emergency Calling is a feature of Microsoft Teams Phone System. It uses
the caller’s current location to route to a Public Safety Answering
Point (PSAP), a call center operated by the local government. This
feature is for the United States.
This is also supported for Direct Routing: Feature ID 53938
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by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2019 | Comm Center News, Uncategorized
The Suffolk Police Department’s Emergency Communications Center will
soon be evaluated by a team of assessors from the Commission on
Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc.
Specifically, CALEA will evaluate the Emergency Communications
Center’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support
services. The evaluation team will arrive Oct. 7.
“The CALEA accreditation process of our Emergency Communications Center has provided us with a….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 1, 2019 | Comm Center News
John DiMasso is not the kind of person who likes to accept help. The emergency dispatcher with the Northwest Connecticut Public Safety Communication Center comes from a family that values work ethic and helping others, said his sister, Jane Pinho. “We’re used to giving, not used to receiving,” Pinho said. So Sunday was a day….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 30, 2019 | Comm Center News
ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) – CBS6 is continuing to investigate a staffing shortage among Albany dispatchers.
Monday,
the Albany Police Officers Union President, Greg McGee, says
dispatchers have been forced to work overtime 513 times so far this
year, as compared to 286 extra shifts this time last year.
“It’s almost borderline abuse for 26 people to be mandated 513 times,” he said.
Tired of being overworked and underpaid, Greg McGee says another dispatcher just quit Monday.
“He put in his 2 week notice today, he found another job, he’s leaving. He could not….