by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2022 | Comm Center News
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY (WAND)- METCAD 9-1-1 is celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 10th through the 16th.
The annual celebration recognizes and honors thousands of men and women worldwide for responding to emergency calls, dispatching emergency professionals and equipment, and rendering life-saving assistance to those in need.
Officials say just in 2021 alone the METCAD 9-1-1 Dispatch Center answered more than 281,000 telephone calls and dispatched emergency services for more than 122,000 incidents…
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by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2022 | Comm Center News
The California Highway Patrol’s public safety dispatchers are the unseen first responder professionals serving as the essential link between the public and emergency personnel in times of crisis. To highlight their indispensable service, the CHP joins public safety agencies throughout the country in recognizing April 10-16, 2022, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week.
“I want to formally thank the hundreds of women and men serving as public safety operators and dispatchers,” said CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2022 | Comm Center News
TRUSSVILLE —Trussville Council and public safety dispatchers. (Photo by Hannah Curran)
Trussville declared the week of April 10-16, 2022, and every 2nd full week in April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. In 1994 President Bill Clinton signed Presidential Proclamation 6667, declaring the second week of April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
The City of Trussville employs full-time public safety dispatchers, and its dispatchers serve 24 hours a day, seven days a week, just the same as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical services workers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2022 | Comm Center News
MARATHON COUNTY, WI (OnFocus) – National Public Safety Telecommunications Week is held this year from April 10 to 16. This week is dedicated to those persons who are working in our Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) receiving 911 Emergency and the other non-emergency calls for services related to EMS, Fire and Law Enforcement.
From Marathon County Sheriff Scott Parks: They are the persons who diligently work causing the resources needed to respond as required to the scenes. It can be quite stressful on occasion in our PSAPs, while at the same time, extremely rewarding when the resulting efforts are a life saved or another victim protected…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2022 | Comm Center News
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this week announced the state is releasing $62.5 million to help counties upgrade the wireless technology that first responders and public safety officials use to communicate.
The funding, which is to be awarded through a state grant program, accelerates upgrades of outdated technology that’s funded by surcharges tacked onto the bills of phone customers. But as is the case in many states, those 911 fees are dumped into New York’s general coffers and don’t immediately or entirely wind up funding emergency systems, a spokesperson from the New York State Association of Counties told StateScoop…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 8, 2022 | Comm Center News
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Center is one of the first 911 Centers in Tennessee to implement an innovative new technology called CueHit PowerEngage.
It will track citizen satisfaction and solicit feedback after a call is made to the ECC.
The new technology uses text messaging to contact some 911 and non-emergency callers who have recently reported or been involved in certain types of incidents…
