by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
Riley County commissioners on Thursday gave approval for an architecture firm to determine the best size and space for a new EMS headquarters.
The commission approved Lenexa-based firm Archimages to conduct a site and space needs study as the first part of the first phase of the project. Phase one of the public safety headquarters project will cost $87,150. The project will be paid for through American Rescue Plan Act funding the county receives as part of federal pandemic assistance…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
MCCORMICK — A dream that was years in the making is now a reality, as McCormick County’s new emergency services facility allows for shared resources and collaboration under one roof.
The new facility had its grand opening this week, with officials offering tours of the 10,000-square-foot building on South Mine Street. The facility houses emergency management, the county’s emergency operations center, fire supports services, 911 dispatch and the county coroner’s office and morgue.
“Having everything under one roof, and in one facility, makes coordination and cooperation a lot better,” Emergency Services Director Chris Doolittle said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council is asking for public input on the possible use of the Volunteer Practice Field for a Joint Public Safety Facility.
A special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday is for the purpose of hearing comments about the possible 18th Street location of the facility that would house a Clallam County emergency operations center, the Peninsula Communications dispatch center — which is operated by the city — and perhaps a westside city fire station, according to City Manager Nathan West…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
A Message from Coral Springs Chief Clyde Parry
A couple of pranksters broke into our police station and stole all of the toilets in our bathrooms. A spokesperson for the City told reporters, “The police have nothing to go on.” April 1 is April Fool’s Day, and that was my poor attempt at an April Fool’s joke. Please forgive me.
From April 10 through April 16, we will celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. We are blessed to have one of the finest dispatch centers in the country. As many of you know, we are expanding our services to dispatch for the City of Coconut Creek beginning in October of this year…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 4, 2022 | Comm Center News
WATERTOWN — Since 2012, a group of Jefferson County legislators and department officials have been working to upgrade the county’s public safety radio system.
Joseph D. Plummer, director of the county Office of Fire and Emergency Management, said the new radio system is a state-of-the-art, high-tech system that completely outpaces the system the county’s first responders have had to rely on since the 1970s…
by ECC Editor | Apr 1, 2022 | Comm Center News
Newport News was one of the first cities in Virginia to start sending mental health professionals to 911 calls for mental health crises.
So far, the program known as Community Assistance Response, or CARE, is showing signs of success. But it needs more staff to be able to respond to calls in the evening, so the city is hoping to add one more two-person team to the program… READ MORE
