by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 6, 2024 | Comm Center News
One dark day two years ago, Brooke Bodden tried to end it all, but with the timely intervention of her mother and the guidance of a 911 dispatcher, the 16-year-old was revived, granting her a new lease on life.
“I was really, really grateful because obviously when all of that happened I had wanted to die so much. But they not only saved me physically, I feel like they also saved me mentally and gave me another chance at living,” Bodden, 18, said as she spoke with the Cayman Compass recently about her experience.
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 5, 2024 | Comm Center News
Marietta Police Chief Katherine Warden and Marietta Fire Chief C.W. Durham expressed concerns they have with the merger and its timeframe.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2024 | Comm Center News
Within the past 13 years, there has only been one time that the La Vergne emergency communications center was fully staffed. Police said that did not last long. As of publication, the communications center only has seven people on staff. Additionally, there is a shallow pool of qualified applicants and it takes time to train newcomers.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2024 | Comm Center News
Palmer’s council voted to fully fund the city’s emergency services call center at its Nov. 26 meeting, bringing the center’s staff back to six dispatchers and
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 28, 2024 | Comm Center News
The consolidation of 911 dispatch centers across the state is quickly approaching a deadline.
The Arkansas legislature passed the Public Safety Act of 2019 which mandates the 911 call centers receiving state funds shrink by over 30%. Specifically, the Arkansas 911 Board settled on consolidating the 114 dispatch centers to 79 by Jan. 1, 2025.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 27, 2024 | Comm Center News
An alert from an Apple Watch started a connection between the Loveland Emergency Communications Center at the Loveland Police Department to the sole survivor of a plane crash west of Loveland on Saturday. What followed was hours of a dedicated team working to get rescuers to the survivor, no matter what.
