by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 23, 2025 | Comm Center News
New Mexico’s highest court on Monday clarified a question posed by a federal court about which law to consider when weighing an emergency dispatcher’s legal immunity from allegations of a mishandled 911 call.
In a unanimous decision published on Monday, the New Mexico Supreme Court found that the Enhanced 911 Act, “has no bearing on the 911 dispatchers’ immunity from liability for the allegedly mishandled 911 emergency medical calls.”
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by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 21, 2025 | Comm Center News
Children of Boone County’s public safety employees will soon have a new space to stay while their parents are in the line of duty.
The Boone County Public Safety Childcare Center will provide affordable, extended child care access to law enforcement and joint communications employees within Boone County government. Construction will begin in the summer of 2025 and is expected to be completed by the fall.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2025 | Comm Center News
Enhanced 911, now available at a handful of emergency operations centers, could be statewide by 2026.
The surcharge on your monthly phone bill funds the service, which allows callers to stream live video from emergency situations. Callers who use a language other than English can also communicate with a text translator, using what’s known as “E – 911.”
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2025 | Comm Center News
LEWISTON, Idaho — This week marks National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, a time to honor and recognize the dedicated telecommunications professionals who serve their communities in times of need. Among these unsung heroes are two communication specialists from the Lewiston Dispatch.
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2025 | Comm Center News
By Jennifer McIntyre, 9-1-1/Emergency Communications Subject Matter Expert, First Responder Network Authority
When a person calls 9-1-1 to report an emergency, they rely on Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to answer the call every time, without fail. They expect that the call will reach someone who can quickly and efficiently send help to the right place. Lives depend on emergency telecommunicators being there, ready to take the call.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2025 | Comm Center News
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ted Budd (R-NC), co-chairs of the Next Generation 911 Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 13-19 as “National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week” to recognize 9-1-1 dispatchers for their dedication and service as first responders to emergencies across the country. A companion resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives by Representatives Norma J. Torres (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
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