by AllThingsECC.com | May 22, 2025 | Comm Center News
For rural communities, relying on neighboring cities to help during times of crisis isn’t always guaranteed, according to one Alaska city official, whose government has turned to the cloud to strengthen and protect its emergency dispatch services against potential power outages.
In the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, “we don’t have a lot of resources that are close to us,” said Kristi Meredith, dispatch manager at the Fairbanks Emergency Communications Center. “The next biggest city is 356 miles away … you can very easily be cut off from anybody.”
by AllThingsECC.com | May 22, 2025 | Comm Center News
BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) – The Brown County Board of Supervisors heard from 911 dispatch callers Wednesday night on concerns about a proposed overtime policy.
The county currently has 20 vacancies for dispatch positions — up from 15 in March — and despite past efforts to attract new dispatchers, including increasing pay back in 2023, the staffing issue remains.
by AllThingsECC.com | May 21, 2025 | Comm Center News
California’s next-generation 911 project has been paused for months, but at least one former official says everything is fine.
alifornia’s yearslong next-generation 911 rollout has been marked by safety concerns and delays, with some dispatch centers experiencing outages, misrouted calls and busy signals. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has since last November been re-evaluating the project by focusing on improving technology and processes, and is planning to open new contracts by the end of the year.
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by AllThingsECC.com | May 20, 2025 | Comm Center News
The nearly $68 million project was funded through a sales tax that voters approved in 2018.
EVERETT, Wash. — Snohomish County’s new 911 call center will start taking emergency calls Wednesday morning.
KING 5 got an exclusive look at the new space off Everett Mall Way.
by AllThingsECC.com | May 19, 2025 | Comm Center News
In a Gatesville City Council meeting held on Tuesday, a resolution was adopted authorizing the creation of the Central Texas Regional 911 Emergency Communications District (ECD) through the Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG), which administers the state’s 911 program for the city.
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by AllThingsECC.com | May 17, 2025 | Comm Center News
The Citrus Heights City Council on Wednesday approved the latest contract for work on a $1.24 million Police Department Communications Center remodel project.
What initially began in 2022 as a $600,000 allocation to upgrade the Citrus Heights Police Department’s Emergency Communications Center has since grown into a $1.2 million project, according to a staff report released May 9.
