by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
BOW VALLEY – The mayors of Banff and Canmore welcome the launch of an advisory committee in the wake of unprecedented strain on Alberta’s ambulance service.
The provincial emergency medical services advisory committee, announced on Jan. 24, is tasked with providing immediate and long-term recommendations to inform a new provincial Emergency Medical Services (EMS) service plan.
In addition, a request for proposals to conduct a third party review of Alberta’s province-wide EMS dispatch system will be issued in February…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
A team involving two state government agencies and three national wireless communications companies has placed a new tool in the hands of drivers traveling across Arkansas’ 16,000 miles of U.S. and state highways.
Using a four-digit speed dial feature, *ASP (*277) is now available on any AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon cellular phone operating in Arkansas. Callers will be connected to an Arkansas State Police Highway Patrol Division troop headquarters nearest the caller’s location. Twelve troop headquarters, each equipped and staffed with its own telecommunications dispatch center, are scattered across the state…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
Cetronia Ambulance Corps has announced the recent hiring of Benjamin A. Brown as communications center manager.
Brown, 47, formerly served with the organization as an EMT and dispatcher from 2011-15.
More recently, he served as the director of operations for Eastern PA MedCom, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations of an emergency communications center that covers a six-county region.
Brown also maintains his EMT credentials and serves with both Macungie and Emmaus ambulance corps…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 28, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Well, I missed an Advocate last week. When we returned from our mini-cation, Murphy was here to welcome us home. If you don’t know about Murphy, you can find out about him here. In any event, we are back and this week is a run-up to two 10-year anniversaries: the FirstNet Authority and FirstNet (Built with AT&T). Next, we will look at a completely new Internet of Things (IoT) device I think will be a best-seller on FirstNet. Finally, I am suggesting once again that if you do not come from the public-safety community but are working for the FirstNet Authority or FirstNet (Built with AT&T), it is time for you to take a ride-along…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 28, 2022 | Comm Center News
Belleville’s fire department is retiring its antiquated radio system — last updated in 2006 — to better equip city firefighters serving on the front lines with critical modern communications.
Belleville Fire and Emergency Services (BEFS) was earmarked in the 2022 city capital budget to spend $1.4 million to upgrade its aging radio communications system in two phases.
Phase one will see the adoption of a new modern radio system and servicing agreement to be followed by a phase-two replacement of portable and mobile radio equipment…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 27, 2022 | Comm Center News
Alexandria, VA – Lincoln Emergency Communications Center, NE, has received Agency Training Program Certification, a Project 33® Initiative, from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.
Public safety agencies use the APCO International Agency Training Program Certification as a formal mechanism to ensure their training programs meet APCO American National Standards (ANS). Initial and continuing training for public safety telecommunicators is important as they provide essential services to the public in an expanding and rapidly changing environment…
