by AllThingsECC.com | May 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
Hawkins County 911 director Lynn Campbell is preparing to make his case before the Hawkins County Budget Committee next week on why his department needs a county funding increase of the first time since 2012.
Campbell told the Review he beileves the numbers speak for themselves:
2012 Calls for Service – 39,275 with two dispatchers per shift.
2021 Calls for Service – 63,732 with two dispatchers per shift.
That’s a 62.3% Increase in dispatched calls…
by ECC Editor | May 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
MANCHESTER — Selectmen answered the public’s remaining questions regarding the town’s dispatch operations at the final public hearing on the topic last week.
At Town Election on May 17, voters will decide whether to dissolve the town’s dispatch services and join North Shore Regional 911 of Middleton or keep operations local by reinvesting in personnel, hardware and software.
Attendees at Thursday’s hearing asked about a potential “exit strategy” if the town chooses to regionalize. North Shore Regional 911 is offering Manchester a contract through 2029 that is subject to renewal… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | May 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
Because the ambulance companies aren’t based locally, they say they aren’t familiar with the areas.
JASPER, Texas — When lives are at risk, emergency services response times for ambulances are critical, especially in rural areas.
Slow response times or sometimes no response at all have become an ongoing crisis in both Jasper and Newton Counties.
Not having an ambulance provider under contract to keep an ambulance available in a rural county can be the difference between life or death…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma City police are asking community members to not report emergencies through social media.
“Please do NOT report emergencies to us through social media messaging, call 911,” an Oklahoma City Police Department official said.
The official posted the request on the Police Department’s Facebook page Saturday…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
At a panel discussion of “Digitaler Staat Online”, BDBOS (The Federal Agency for Public Safety Digital Radio) President Andreas Gegenfurtner debated the future of the UHF frequency band with people from politics and business.
At the same time, Gegenfurtner campaigned for the need-based allocation of frequencies in the 470 – 694 MHz range for the future realization of BOS broadband data communication.
The UHF frequency band has been allocated for use for terrestrial broadcasting and radio-based event technology until the end of 2030. The BDBOS and its partners at federal and state level are committed to opening up this frequency spectrum for mobile communications…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
On a good day at the three Broward County regional communication centers, dozens of seats would be filled with 911 call-takers — the first of the first responders. But good days are fleeting. Instead there’s vast emptiness with many uncluttered and unused desks.
Broward County’s 911 system is in crisis. It’s struggling under the weight of an extraordinary volume of calls, more than 2.2 million a year, with nowhere near the number of employees needed to answer them. Without enough workers, the phones just ring…
