by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2022 | Comm Center News
The center currently serves as the dispatch center for the Abington, Holbrook, and Rockland police and fire departments, as well as the Canton, Sharon, and Whitman fire departments.
The regional facility opened in January 2021 in a new $8 million, 6,000-square-foot building behind the Holbrook public safety complex. Officials estimate that the center, which was funded with state money, will handle about 50,000 emergency calls a year…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2022 | Comm Center News
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) – The Riley County Communications Center has officially begun the process for the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program.
Captain Josh Kyle with the Riley County Police Department stopped by 27 News Tuesday morning to give us the details. The Communications Center will undergo a five-phase process to earn its accreditation. Staff will collect and analyze data with overall goals of ensuring staff accountability, making sound operational and administrative decisions, and promoting leadership…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2022 | Comm Center News
(Seguin) — Guadalupe County is applauding the efforts of a group of heroes that often times goes unnoticed but is the first group of people you think of when there is an emergency.
The Guadalupe County Commissioners Court recently recognized its 9-1-1 dispatchers as part of National Telecommunicators Week.
Showing his appreciation for these men and women before the court was Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke. Zwicke says his dispatch center is the heartbeat of any agency and is what initiates those life-saving measures during a medical or public emergency…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2022 | Comm Center News
There’s one phone number everyone has memorized: 911.
Chris Beck, who’s been a Butler County 911 dispatcher for five years, remarked that the number is the first step to people in crisis receiving help, and he’s received many interesting calls in his time on the job.
He described an instance where a woman called in who was stranded after an ice jam flooded a creek around her and her dogs. While she and her pets got to higher ground, Beck pinpointed her location using Rapid SOS technology and updated those responding…
by ECC Editor | Apr 20, 2022 | Comm Center News
April 14 – 20 is Dispatcher Appreciation Week. Eglin has its own dispatchers made up of both firefighters and security forces Airmen all under one roof known as the Emergency Communications Center.
Their job is to direct all emergency and non-emergency calls for Eglin. The ECC never shuts down with two dispatchers and controllers there at all times. The positions are staffed by nine 96th Civil Engineer Squadron fire dispatchers and approximately 20 96th Security Forces Squadron controllers. They receive and disseminate emergency information on an average of 1,500 calls per year… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 20, 2022 | Comm Center News
INDIANA — In 1991 Congress proclaimed the second full week in April to be National Public Safety Telecommunications Week to recognize the importance of those special individuals who coordinate the efforts of police, fire, and EMS workers. Governor Eric J. Holcomb has proclaimed the week of April 10-16 as Public Safety Telecommunicator Week in Indiana. Indiana has recognized this week since 1999.
Telecommunications Operators are the unsung heroes of public safety. They operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. These are the men and women who collect the initial information and pass it along to the first responders in the field. Often, they are able to give immediate lifesaving directions to the caller during medical emergencies or can be the calming voice to reassure the victim of a violent crime that help is on the way… READ MORE
