by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
HINGHAM — The Hingham Commission on Disabilities, the Hingham Police and Fire Departments and the South Shore Regional Emergency Communications Center would like to share with residents information on the Town of Hingham’s Exceptional Needs Registry.
The Exceptional Needs Registry is a database of residents in town who have voluntarily been identified as possibly needing special assistance when contacting 911 or in distress.
The Town created the registry as a method to aid first responders who are called in to assist an individual with unique circumstances. The two-page form combines the Massachusetts 911 Disability Indicator form with the Town of Hingham’s unique Exceptional Needs form…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
WOODSTOCK, Va. (WHSV) – Emotional wellness continues to be a focus for law enforcement and other first responders in Shenandoah County. Many have completed mental health training programs held by the Northwestern Community Services Board.
The community services board offers mental health first aid training courses and a 40-hour crisis intervention training program. It helps first responders better respond to crisis situations and take better care of their own mental health…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
Community leaders in Chittenden County have been trying to regionalize emergency dispatch for 50 years, but for the most part 911 calls are still routed to a constellation of local centers.
Studies, reports and committees over time have brought hope for the effort but never fruit, to the point where many public safety officers on the ground have given it Circ Highway status, in reference to the state’s decades-long attempt to build a circumferential highway around the county. A four-mile remnant of the failed highway still stands in South Burlington.
Now, funding from various federal and state sources might just drag regionalization efforts across the finish line…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
THE GROSSE POINTES — In honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week Sunday, April 10, through Saturday, April 16, Michigan’s State 911 Committee drafted a resolution recognizing the importance telecommunicators serve in the public safety world, deeming them the first first responders. In the Grosse Pointes, with three dispatching departments tied to the five public safety departments, Pointe dispatchers play a critical role in ensuring the safety of the community — a role that oftentimes goes unnoticed…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
WOOD RIVER – Covering the cost of a new 911 dispatcher console at the Edwardsville Police Department was approved by the Emergency Telephone System Board at Wednesday’s meeting.
The action was taken because of plans to consolidate a 911 dispatcher at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville into the Edwardsville Department, part of the ETSB’s overall consolidation plan.
The cost is $48,132.36, which will eventually be paid through a state grant once the entire consolidation is completed…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
What happens when you call 9-1-1? There’s a process that takes place that many folks might not be aware of. That’s why, back in 2008, Congress declared the month of April “9-1-1 Education Month.”
According to the site, know911.org, the designation was created to help educate people about the “resources and materials to support public education about the optimal use of 9-1-1 services nationwide.”
Locally, the Penobscot Regional Communications Center has been posting to their Facebook Page, trying to help enlighten the community with some of the things to keep in mind when you make a call, during an emergency.
“Continuing with 9-1-1 education month – a little ‘what to expect’ when you call 9-1-1…
