by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Comm Center News
TEXARKANA, Ark. — An effort by the Arkansas 911 Board to streamline Public Safety Answering Points, or 911 centers, could leave Miller County in a financial emergency.
The Arkansas side operates two 911 dispatch centers — one at the Miller County Sheriff’s Office on U.S. Highway 71 South and another at Bi-State Justice Center, which primarily fields calls within Texarkana city limits.
Miller County judge’s administrative assistant Carla Jenkins said the centers serve as a back-up to each other. However, the city doesn’t receive Arkansas-based 911 services, since those services are provided by the joint PSAP the city shares with Texarkana, Texas, and Bowie County through the Ark-Tex Council of Governments at Bi-State…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Comm Center News
Axon Dispatch provides a robust 9-1-1 computer-aided dispatch system (CAD) built on modern cloud technologies
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., — Axon, the global leader in connected public safety technologies, today announced that the Fresno Police Department, a Major City Chiefs Association member, is now live on Axon Dispatch, a computer-aided dispatch system (CAD) platform built on modern cloud technologies. Fresno PD benefits from Axon’s suite of innovative technology products, including TASER energy weapons, body-worn cameras, evidence management, Axon Records and now Dispatch.
Axon Dispatch is a robust CAD system built on modern cloud technologies designed to enhance 9-1-1 call centers. Fresno PD receives nearly one million 9-1-1 calls each year to its Communication Center and requires a modern CAD system capable of reliably handling its call volume and call diversity while being user-friendly…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Comm Center News
The Fenton Township Board of Trustees passed a resolution on Tuesday, March 22 to designate Medstar Inc. as the municipality’s preferred ambulance/emergency medical provider.
The resolution states that Michigan Public Health Code, specifically MCL 333.20948, authorizes a local government unit to contract for ambulance or emergency medical services. The Genesee County 9-1-1 Consortium is the dispatch authority for the county, except for the city of Fenton, which is the only municipality in the county that has its own dispatch center…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Russian-owned AO Kaspersky Lab, along with China Telecom (Americas) Corp. and China Mobile International USA Inc., are now on the list, which was created under federal cybersecurity legislation three years ago. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau added the three new entities to the “covered list” of threats.
Companies added to the list are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security and are prohibited from receiving federal subsidies for the deployment of communications services….
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Comm Center News
The drowning of a grandfather of 17, who jumped into the Washington Channel more than 30 minutes after an initial 911 call, has prompted the District’s Office of Unified Communications to review procedures when Fire and EMS calls for help from police.
David Earl Griffin, 47, died on March 14 after more than a half-hour encounter with ambulance crews, who were initially dispatched at 6:15 p.m. for a drug overdose and classified as Priority 2 — a non-urgent call.
Safety advocate and former reporter Dave Statter, in his Statter911 blog, spoke with police and fire sources, who said DC 911 failed to upgrade the emergency response, during an increasingly dangerous situation…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Comm Center News
On February 15, 2022, the City of Austin, with partners in Williamson County, went live with a system that extends Automatic Aid for fire dispatch. The new system, Tellus, is an interface that brings together disparate Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems to share information. This allows City of Austin Fire dispatchers to see where the units belonging to Georgetown, Cedar Park, and Round Rock fire departments are located when dispatching for an incident. The CAD system will automatically dispatch the closest unit, regardless of jurisdiction.
“This project is a huge win for our extended community. It allows our dispatch team to identify the closest resources available–regardless of county or city limits–and get them moving to where they’re needed most,” said Fire Chief Joel G. Baker…
