by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 5, 2019 | Articles, Comm Center News
CARMEL – Putnam County 911 Dispatcher Heather Fox has assisted scores
of people in need during her 15-year career as a dispatcher at both the
county’s call-in center in Carmel and for 10 years prior in Dutchess
County.
“Helping others has been my credo throughout my lifetime,” said Fox during an interview after the public servant learned she has been named as Dispatcher of the Year by the Association of Public Safety Communication Officials (APCO) and will be recognized in November at a banquet in Boston.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 5, 2019 | Comm Center News, Uncategorized
GREAT FALLS – Tuesday is the regularly scheduled City Commission
meeting in Great Falls, but this week, a new grant is on the table to
upgrade 911 services.
It’s called the Montana Land Information Act Grant and it’s for over $13,000.
The city is preparing to move forward into a system called Next Generation 911 or N.G. 911.
This new program will improve data-keeping and data accuracy.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
The United States government is a massive employer, and is always
looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of open
employment positions in locations across the country. Below you’ll find a
Qualification Summary for an active, open job listing from the
Department of the Interior. The opening is for a Dispatcher (Public
Safety) in Boston, Massachusetts Feel free to browse this and any other
job listings and reach out to us with any questions!
Dispatcher (Public Safety) – Boston, Massachusetts
National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Job ID: 127657
Start Date: 07/29/2019
End Date: 08/05/2019
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
The United States government is a massive employer, and is always
looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of open
employment positions in locations across the country. Below you’ll find a
Qualification Summary for an active, open job listing from the
Department of the Air Force. The opening is for a MOTOR VEHICLE
DISPATCHER in Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts Feel free to browse this and
any other job listings and reach out to us with any questions!
MOTOR VEHICLE DISPATCHER – Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of the Air Force
Job ID: 127067
Start Date: 07/24/2019
End Date: 08/08/2019
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 3, 2019 | Comm Center News
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.
— Later this month, emergency dispatchers in northwestern Minnesota
will be able to get a closer glimpse of what’s happening on the other
side of the cellphone during a 911 call.
The
Pennington County Sheriff’s Office is in the process of installing
technology that will allow cellphone callers to stream live video and
audio to dispatchers when they call 911 for help.
Here’s
how it works: A caller on a cellphone dials 911 within the Pennington
County service area. If the dispatcher who answers the call thinks it
would be helpful to be able to see and hear what the caller is seeing
and hearing, they can send a text message to the caller’s cellphone,
asking to take over the camera. It’s up to the caller to accept or
decline.
“They have to agree to open up their camera so it can be activated,” explained Sheriff Ray Kuznia.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 3, 2019 | Comm Center News
San Francisco, California – Governor Gavin Newsom today toured a
9-1-1 call center at the San Francisco Department of Emergency
Management to highlight the new funding included in the 2019 budget act
to modernize 9-1-1 systems across the state and be better prepared to
assist those in need during emergencies and natural disasters.
The 2019 budget act invests nearly $1 billion in funding for
emergency preparedness and response – which included a new, permanent
funding source to transform the state’s 9-1-1 system to better interface
with digital information systems and cell phones.
