by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 22, 2019 | Comm Center News
As promised, the FirstNet Authority has published its five-year reinvestment roadmap as approved by the board of directors some time ago. Official publication had been held up so the FirstNet Authority could hold a series of meetings around the United States with public safety professionals to review the plans and collect input.
That the report has been published and a session on the roadmap has been held at the APCO conference confirms it is now ready for prime time.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 22, 2019 | Comm Center News
Laura Grant played a role in saving hundreds of lives.
The
57-year-old Burlington woman was a long-serving and beloved fixture as a
dispatcher at the Mississauga Central Ambulance Communication Centre
(CACC.)
The centre provides EMS dispatch services to Peel and Halton.
At one time, Grant had also been a paramedic.
But on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m., the call that came in wasn’t about a stranger — it was one of their own.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 21, 2019 | Comm Center News
BURLINGTON — Halton Region’s first homicide victim of 2019 has been identified as longtime EMS dispatcher Laura Grant.
A number of sources in the paramedic and policing communities
identified Grant, a dispatcher at Mississauga Central Ambulance
Communication Centre, which provides EMS dispatch to Peel and Halton, as
the victim in the deadly shooting on Wednesday afternoon.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 21, 2019 | Comm Center News
A former Fredericksburg police dispatcher accused of feeding information
to suspected criminals was released from jail Wednesday on a $20,000
bond.
According to affidavits for search warrants filed in Fredericksburg
Circuit Court, a confidential informant recently told Virginia State
Police that Stephenson was providing information to suspects about
ongoing police investigations. The information included the location of
drug operations, police documents and records, pictures of individuals
assisting the police and descriptions of undercover narcotics
detectives.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 21, 2019 | Comm Center News
Sarasota County’s centralized emergency call center is still getting
to know Longboat Key after taking over dispatch duties from the town in
2016. On Aug. 13, seven members of the Sarasota Emergency Operations
Bureau took a day tour of the island with the goal of becoming better
acquainted with its geography, landmarks and idiosyncrasies.
Fire Chief Paul Dezzi and Fire EMS Liaison and PIO Tina Adams led the
group on a trek up and down the 10.2-mile island, driving from the fire
department headquarters to the north end of the island, then to the
south end, then back to the north fire department.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 21, 2019 | Comm Center News
PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) – Dispatchers and paramedics worked together to
help deliver a baby who apparently just couldn’t wait to make its world
debut.
The incident happened back on July 30. The Placer County
Sheriff’s Office says dispatcher Brooke Ritzman got a call that day from
a man whose wife had gone into labor at home.
Contractions were already coming 30 seconds apart, and paramedics
still weren’t there, so Ritzman started talking the couple through
preparing for the imminent birth of the already crowning baby.
