Montgomery County’s Central Communications Center is one of more than two dozen Indiana counties awarded federal funding to help pay for upgrades to 911 equipment.
A $2.8 million federal grant will benefit 29 public safety answering points across Indiana through the 911 Grant Program, provided by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The Richland County Commissioners gave their OK Thursday for maintenance director Chuck Minich and the sheriff’s office to proceed with plans for remodeling 4,300 square feet of space at the People’s Center to provide more room for the 9-1-1 dispatch center and to move road patrol operations next to 9-1-1.
The board decided to proceed with the work after trimming $150,000 from the original $924,781 estimated cost by delaying a portion of the project that would create an emergency operations center for the county Emergency Management Agency.
It was April, 1989, when William Shatner debuted as the host of a new TV series, “Rescue 911.” It was one of the first reality TV shows that focused on police, firefighters, paramedics, and ordinary citizens as they respond to real 911 emergency phone calls. This show, which aired for seven years, raised everyone’s awareness of the “new” way to get help in an emergency.
In our area, 911 was first implemented in the 1980s. That means that nearly half of the current population in our area does not remember life before 911.
The Richland County Commissioners gave their OK Thursday for maintenance director Chuck Minich and the sheriff’s office to proceed with plans for remodeling 4,300 square feet of space at the People’s Center to provide more room for the 9-1-1 dispatch center and to move road patrol operations next to 9-1-1.
The board decided to proceed with the work after trimming $150,000 from the original $924,781 estimated cost by delaying a portion of the project that would create an emergency operations center for the county Emergency Management Agency. The operations center could also double as a meeting/training room for the road patrol.
KNOX COUNTY, Ky. — The Knox County Fiscal Court adopted a resolution Tuesday during a fiscal court meeting to recognize all 911 dispatchers as first responders.
Knox County Judge/Executive Mike Mitchell said this is something that is being done across the Commonwealth.
“Dispatchers have to deal with bad situations through the first line of communication to get hooked up with law enforcement, police, fire and other agencies and have to deal with bad events,” Mitchell added.
(Aug. 30, 2019) – Twenty-two law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
The graduates hail from communications centers across the state, and comprise DOCJT’s 127th telecommunications academy class, which first began in 1999.
The students graduating from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy represent the successful completion of a highly structured and comprehensive curriculum. The five weeks of training consisted of 205 hours of academy instruction to satisfy mandated training requirements.
Congratulations From Allthings ECC.
