by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 29, 2023 | Comm Center News
Knox County 911 calls are now being answered somewhere else.
Since January, the Knox County Regional Communications Center has had four employees, when it should have 13. Rockport Fire Chief Jason Peasley said low pay and poor working conditions are to blame.
“We have dispatchers that work 92 straight days,” Peasley said. “Twelve hours a day without one single day off. Things are bad.”
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 28, 2023 | Comm Center News
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Two months after lightning directly hit the Bartholomew County E911 Emergency Management Center tower, the subsequent damage is still not completely fixed. But funds have been approved to make permanent repairs.
The early morning lightning strike on Saturday, July 1, caused extensive damage to electronic equipment at 131 S. Cherry St., as well as quite a bit of panic among county officials and first responders, center director Todd Noblitt said.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 26, 2023 | Comm Center News
On Friday, August 25, Clark County and City of Springfield officials dedicated the new Clark County 911 Communications Center in memory of Deputy Suzanne Hopper, and the 911 Training Center in memory of Deputy Matthew Yates.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
WASHINGTON — Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-CA, a former 911 dispatcher, led a bipartisan letter with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-PA; and Congressional NextGen 911 Caucus Co-Chairs Anna Eshoo, D-CA; and Richard Hudson, R-NC; calling on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to submit a plan establishing a 911 Training Grants program.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
PHOENIX — The way Melody Hernandez sees it, the trauma incurred by those taking emergency calls from people in crisis and dispatching help is no less than what occurs for her as a paramedic.
Only thing is, state law did not require that 911 dispatchers get access to the same counseling.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
The Prestonsburg/Floyd County Emergency Communications Center, which came under fire following the murder of Amber Spradlin in June, was put in a more positive light during the Floyd County Fiscal Court’s regular meeting Aug. 16.
Prestonsburg Interim Police Chief Ross Shurtleff presented an overview of the local 911 system, giving a brief history and providing various statistics about its operations and employees.
Shurtleff said the local 911 center is “as advanced as technically possible.”
