by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield recently received $3.5 million from the federal government to replace the town’s emergency radio network.
“I want to thank Senator (Richard) Blumenthal for his help in securing these federal dollars that will cover the cost to build the infrastructure of the network that will allow our Police and Fire Departments to connect directly with the State’s platform and other municipalities, which is critical during emergencies for both first responders and our community,” First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick said Thursday in an email newsletter to residents…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
It takes a calm person to work in a 911 dispatch center.
The people who call for help are often distressed and can become demanding and abusive when they think the dispatcher is asking too many questions and not sending help quickly enough.
But dispatchers like Jennifer Tharp must stay calm, collect information the first responders need to help the caller, and give concise instructions on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other lifesaving techniques, even when someone is hysterical or berating them…
by ECC Editor | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
Pierre Mayor Steve Harding marked April 10-16 as Telecommunications Week with a proclamation and highlighted the city’s dispatchers at the South Dakota Communications Center.
“The dispatch unit, they are such an intricate part of law enforcement in the community,” Harding told the commission. “And they deal with a lot of tense situations throughout our community. They dispatch not only for Pierre but for Stanley County, Hughes County, and I think five different counties.”
Communications Supervisor Cindy Gross said dispatchers handle 911 calls for five counties — Hughes, Stanley, Hyde, Sully and Jones. The center also services 19 counties for the South Dakota Highway Patrol and assists the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks department… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
TAZEWELL, Va. (AP) — A 911 dispatcher who remembers the days when she had to use paper maps because there were no computers and ask for phone numbers because there was no caller ID was recognized along with her peers on April 13 when the Tazewell County 911 celebrated its 25th year of operations.
The Tazewell County 911 Center started operations on April 23, 1997. To celebrate the approaching anniversary, current dispatchers and their retired colleagues were treated to a luncheon at the adjoining Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of a 911 dispatcher who was killed in an early morning crash.
Grace Chandler, 45, was killed in an accident in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 16.
Chandler was traveling on the 16 Freeway in Los Angeles when his vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
BOSTON (WHDH) – As firefighters desperately worked to find a homeless man trapped between the walls at Back Bay Station last weekend, a 911 dispatcher was on the phone helping to make the incredible save.
Moneeka Colston was the one who answered his call for help and spent 90 minutes talking to the man, asking him questions, trying to figure out where he was trapped. She could not hang up because there was no service where the man was trapped and if the call ended, first responders would have no way of contacting him again…
