by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2022 | Comm Center News
MARTINEZ (KPIX) — The Omicron surge of sick patients has not only put stress on Contra Costa County hospitals, it’s also impacting ambulances and fire crews in the county.
Calls for paramedics keep pouring into the 911 dispatch center. Ambulances at an alarming rate are responding to those with COVID-like symptoms and resources have been stretched thin.
“We have had to rely on a couple of times in the last few weeks is dispatching one of our paramedics on a fire engine, that’s not uncommon to do that,” says Steve Hill, a spokesperson with the Contra Costa County Fire Department…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2022 | Comm Center News
Calls for service handled by the dispatch center will be charged to their respective agencies: calls that result in a law enforcement officer needing to mitigate an issue. Administrative calls will not result in charges
Mike Stitzel, chief of German Twp.’s police department, told the commission in November that based on data from 2020, his police force would be expected to contribute $26,000 to the center. He said that although this figure is substantially down from the original pricing model, the new estimate is roughly ⅓ of the township’s property tax base. The funding to cover the costs for dispatch center fees could impact his salary fund…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 25, 2022 | Comm Center News
Vancouver-A group representing Canada’s emergency medical institutions is calling for improved mental health services as staff shortages and unprecedented call volumes caused by the pandemic and overdose crisis hit workers. ..
In British Columbia, BC Emergency Medical Services reported the dispatch of more than 840,000 ambulances in 2021, but unions representing ambulance workers said the numbers were probably much higher…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 24, 2022 | Comm Center News
The following is a high-level summary of the major regulatory developments in these areas in the Golden State in 2021.
Enhancing Communications Network Resiliency
Wireless Resiliency Plans Filed
In late January 2021, California’s four facilities-based wireless providers filed Wireless Resiliency Plans for 2021 with the CPUC. The plans were required by CPUC Decision 20-07-011, which generally requires California’s facilities-based wireless providers to develop comprehensive resiliency strategies to prepare for catastrophic disasters and power outages by…
by ECC Editor | Jan 24, 2022 | Comm Center News
In an emergency situation, seconds could make the distinction among existence and death. To assist Rhode Island residents, a neighborhood lawmaker is asking for expanded CPR certifications for the state’s 911 operators. Under the invoice, at the least one operator skilled in telecommunicator CPR could be required to be on obligation in any respect instances.
“911 operators are the actual first responders and may make the distinction among existence and death,” Rep. Mia Ackerman (D-Dist. 45, Cumberland, Lincoln) said. “When CPR begins offevolved earlier than the appearance of an emergency scientific technician, the character in cardiac arrest is two-to-3 instances much more likely to survive. T-CPR can assist untrained callers offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It also can remind folks that are skilled the way to offer wonderful CPR… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 24, 2022 | Comm Center News
A Lexington radio station has named a Winchester emergency services employee as its First Responder of the Week.
WVLK-FM featured Ashley Reed, one of the city of Winchester’s 911 dispatch supervisors, in a social media post on Friday.
“Ashley’s team dispatches for police, fire, EMS & county fire. They answer all 911 & Admin (non-emergency) lines for all of Winchester/Clark County, all while keeping all EPO (Emergency Protection Orders) DVO (Domestic Violence Orders), wanted, violent, [and] missing person files,” the post says…
