by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
The plans for a new Emergency Operations Center were first addressed by Creek County Commissioners back in August of 2021 when the feasibility study was sent. Now, the designs for the building are back. The new building designs include a covered carport area for election board members that need to unload or load things into their cars. There are plans for a lobby and restrooms, but the commissioners want to expand the building and shrink the parking lot from the presented designs. They want to include parking in the front that would allow people to park there for the Collins building as well…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
Coming on the heels of Madison County’s dispatching merger with Norfolk, a new regional approach to dispatching is taking place across the Northeast Nebraska region.
Norfolk Police Chief Don Miller explained the new approach Tuesday evening to the Norfolk City Council. Nebraska is transitioning to Next Generation 911, an initiative aimed at improving public emergency communications services in a growing wireless mobile society…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
The Westfield Fire Department launched a free app this week to allow residents to share information about their household to help fire personnel respond better in the event of an emergency.
Westfield Fire has been working with technology partner First Due to release Community Connect, an application focused on protecting residents and their property in the most effective way possible during an incident or major disaster. Users create a profile and enter property and occupant information, which is then made available to the department at the time of dispatch…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
LEBANON, Tenn. (WKRN) — The mayor of Lebanon is making changes to the city’s emergency dispatch system, but not all public safety leaders are on board.
Right now, Wilson County 911 dispatchers make calls directly to the Lebanon Fire Department, but Mayor Rick Bell’s plan will add a step to the process.
Starting Monday, Lebanon Fire Department calls will start at Wilson 911 and be transferred to the Communications Center at the Lebanon Police Department. Those operators will then dispatch firefighters to emergencies…
by ECC Editor | Feb 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
Emergency dispatchers would be considered first responders under new legislation being considered in Springfield.
Senate Bill 3127 would amend various laws to include emergency medical dispatchers in reference to first responders, giving them the same recognition as police, firefighters and medics.
“Qualifying them, giving them the recognition as first responders, is pretty important not only for them but it’s important for people to understand that they too are first responders and they deserve that recognition,” said the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Moline… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 28, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel this week proposed that future auction proceeds be used to fund the technological migration of U.S. public-safety answering points (PSAPs) from legacy systems to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platforms.
Rosenworcel unveiled her idea during an event organized in Washington, D.C.—organized by the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association—celebrating the 10th anniversary of the FirstNet Authority being created to build a nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). A key player in the push for FirstNet while serving as counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee a decade ago, Rosenworcel cited numerous parallels between the FirstNet initiative and the NG911 transition… READ MORE
