by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 7, 2022 | Comm Center News
MALHEUR COUNTY — Could 911 emergency dispatch services ever be contracted to another country, such as India or the Phillipines? This was one of the questions that was posed during the city of Ontario’s preliminary budget meeting on Tuesday night when the discussion shifted to expenditures. The reason: The city’s 911 contract with Malheur County Sheriff’s Department is being pushed up during the current fiscal year by about $47,000. It was budgeted at $215,803 for the 2021-22 fiscal year, but is now projected to be $263,739.
According to Finance Director Kari Ott, the city was not made aware of a 26.58% increase to the contract and is currently trying to negotiate with the county. And they aren’t the only ones…
by ECC Editor | Feb 7, 2022 | Comm Center News
Spokane Fire Department Lt. Brandon Bacon’s base salary of more than $102,000 is already pretty good. It’s almost twice the median household income in the city.
But that’s not nearly as lucrative as what, in one sense, could be considered his second job: Working overtime for the city.
And every single one of them — Thomas, Archibald, Haughton, Heizer, and both Bacons — made over $200,000 last year. In 2021, skyrocketing overtime boosted at least 12 city employees over the $200,000 mark, and every single one of them was a firefighter or fire dispatcher… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
LISBON — The merger of the 911 call centers could be about four years down the road, according to a study by Mission Critical Partners who presented it to the Columbiana County 911 Emergency Service Committee on Thursday.
Steve Haberman and Brian Melcer of MCP presented the findings of the study they have been conducting on the current system at the quarterly 911 ESC meeting, which was held by video conference on Thursday due to the weather with about a dozen members of the committee present.
The study suggests the county should proceed with the merger of the five county 911 dispatching centers — currently operated at the county sheriff’s office, Columbiana, East Liverpool, East Palestine and Salem. The cost of operating the new joint 911 location would be about $2 million…
by ECC Editor | Feb 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
Sumter County residents now have access to enhanced Next Generation 911 services following a recent move to further modernize the county’s emergency call management system.
Sumter County’s newly implemented NG911 system represents the latest in public safety technology. The county’s digital transformation to the Lumen NG911 platform improves the delivery of emergency calls and helps reduce response times by quickly and accurately pinpointing and routing a caller’s location, so first responders can better assist during an emergency… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 6, 2022 | Comm Center News
While most of Genesee County is struggling with long ambulance wait times, Fenton is averaging wait times of 5 and a half minutes, thanks to the city having its own dispatching center.
The city of Fenton has contracted with STAT EMS to provide ambulance services for 12 years.
Joseph Karlichek, vice president of STAT, said the contract is primarily engineered to ensure Fenton has coverage 24/4, every day of the year with dedicated crews and backup procedures available. He said STAT has maintained an average response time of 5 minutes and 26 seconds with an average of 92-93% of 9-1-1 medical calls they respond to when dispatched by Fenton 911…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 5, 2022 | Comm Center News
Three members of the Emergency Communications Team in Brandon were nominated and recognized with a Teamwork award from the Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials (APCO) Canada for an event that occurred in 2019.
Chrystal Strachan, Vanessa Lopez and Megan Keeping were named winners of the Teamwork Award.
Robert Stewart is Director of the public-safety communications centre in Brandon. He points out the staff did a great job with a very serious situation…
