by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
STATEHOUSE – Legislation sponsored by State Rep. Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) creating minimum training requirements for 911 dispatchers could soon be law.
Frye, chair of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety, said 911 dispatchers are already required to complete certain trainings, but there are no statewide requirements.
He said Senate Enrolled Act 158 would require local jurisdictions to set basic and continuing education requirements…
by ECC Editor | Feb 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
LISBON — Already ahead of other counties, Columbiana County is being asked to share financial figures about the current 911 system in the county.
The Public-Safety Answering Point (PSAP) operations subcommittee met this week and is scheduled to report some actual figures by the end of February, as it looks at what are the actual costs to the bring other counties onboard with Next-Generation 911 systems.
Those figures will then be reporting to an ESInet committee, which would like to see all the counties in the state offering Next-Gen 911, including the fiber optic lines needed to provide better services… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 14, 2022 | Comm Center News
When you call 911, every second can count.
But around Massachusetts, it’s taking longer for ambulances to respond to people in need of medical care.
Leaders at private ambulance companies and local fire departments point to a shortage of EMS workers — created by low pay and pandemic burnout — as the primary driver of the delays.
Chelsea’s fire chief, Leonard Albanese, has noticed the delays in recent months when an ambulance is needed at fires, car crashes or a patient having a heart attack…
by ECC Editor | Feb 14, 2022 | Comm Center News, Opinions
“9-1-1, what is the nature of your emergency?”
I knew who it was before I answered.
“This is 9-1-1. Is there an emergency?”
But I’m guilty of jumping to the end of this story – emergency? It started much earlier, in the wee hours, around 8:30 a.m., definitely the wee hours for a teacher on a Saturday morning.
RING.
“Uh? Wha? Who?”
RING… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 14, 2022 | Comm Center News
KAYSVILLE, Utah, Feb. 13, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Everyday, 9-1-1 operators and first responders work together to save lives. Saturday, they helped bring a new one into the world.
According to a post on the Kaysville Fire Department’s Facebook page, Davis County 9-1-1 operators received a call about a baby being born at a home.
As fire crews made their way to the home, dispatchers helped talk the family through labor, giving instructions over the phone… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 14, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Public-safety agencies and organizations and originating service providers (OSPs) sparred over FCC authority and cost responsibility in comments on a National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators (NASNA) petition asking the commission to help advance the next-generation 9-1-1 transition (NG 9-1-1) in the U.S.
The NASNA petition requested that the commission begin a rulemaking or inquiry to help facilitate the implementation of and transition to NG 9-1-1 services. The NASNA petition asked for four specific FCC actions… READ MORE
