by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Dispatch centers across Tennessee celebrated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week throughout the week.
The week, sponsored by the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International, honored the thousands of men and women who respond to emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment, and render life-saving assistance to citizens.
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s office recognized one of their telecommunicators, Christina Lee. She remained calm as she radioed the information to deputies responding to a plane crash that killed seven church members onboard May 29, 2021, at Percy Priest Lake…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
Apr. 15—ST. PAULS — The police department is in the process of updating the town’s emergency dispatch services system, according to the St. Pauls chief of police.
“We’re having a new system installed,” said St. Pauls Chief of Police Mike Owens.
St. Pauls dispatches its calls through a landline system and functions as a PSAP, or public safety answering point, and does not contract with Robeson County Emergency 911 services.
The town is switching to the VESTA service through AT&T, Owens said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
You remember the game ‘Telephone.’
You get in a line with all of your friends. The person at the beginning of the line says something to the person next to them. Then, that person tells the next person. And so on. By the end of the line, the bit is that what the last person hears is so far off from what the first person said, it’s humorous.
Now, imagine if that ‘game’ happened every time somebody made a 911 call…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
BATON ROUGE – They’re the people you never see in an emergency situation, but they might be some of the most important people you’ll deal with.
Today is the last day of National EMS Communications Week.
While the week is for praising these workers, the city also hopes to clarify when you should dial 9-1-1.
Kiera Crawford answers more than 150 emergency calls a day.
“The phone is going to be ringing off the hook,” Crawford said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 18, 2022 | Comm Center News
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Saturday marked the final day of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
Aileen Bush is one of the supervisors for the Eau Claire Police Department’s dispatch center.
“I’ve been here for 21 years,” Bush said.
Bush says she saw the job posting one day and thought being a dispatcher could be a way to help the community and get involved. She says it’s been interesting ever since…
