by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
Guilford Metro 911 received its re-accreditation from the International Academy of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as an Accredited Center for Emergency (ACE) Medical Dispatch. This is GM 911’s fifth re-accreditation and makes it the world’s 134th medical ACE.
GM 911 will be recognized for this accomplishment at the NAVIGATOR 2022 conference April 27-29 in Nashville, TN. Last month, GM 911 received its sixth re-accreditation from IAED for fire dispatch…
by ECC Editor | Feb 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
At 2:23 a.m. on Jan. 16 of this year, LEAD Telecommunicator at Bureau Emergency Communications, Dawn Porter, received a cellular 911 call that displayed zero information in the organization’s system.
Usually, landline 911 calls will display the phone owner’s name and address and exactly where they are located while cellular calls will show the address of the cell tower the call is bouncing off and the number. To receive no information is quite a rare instance… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 11, 2022 | Comm Center News
SIDNEY — The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office recently enabled RapidSOS, a solution that provides life-saving data – including caller location, health and medical information, connected building and alarm date, vehicle telematics data, and more – to 911 telecommunicators and first responders in the event of an emergency.
“When we go live, this will benefit the caller but will also enable a faster response time from the deputies, therefore getting them to the location faster,” Shelby County Sheriff Jim Frye said…
by ECC Editor | Feb 10, 2022 | Comm Center News
TOLEDO, Ohio — It’s been four months since Lucas County’s eight regional 911 call centers were consolidated into one central hub at the 911 Regional Council of Governments in Central Toledo.
So far, Sylvania’s director of public safety says the new system is experiencing some growing pains. However, both city leaders and county 911 officials say they’re working together to improve operations.
“When you bring in that many agencies together, you just have to change some of those procedures and everybody has to adapt to each other,” Sylvania Director of Public Safety Kevin Aller said… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 10, 2022 | Comm Center News
A recently introduced Kentucky House bill would fund the state’s implementation of a simplified suicide prevention hotline through a tax on mobile phones.
Kentucky’s legislation proposes a 70-cent mobile phone tax on all monthly mobile phone bills, phone cards, additional minutes and the sale and recharging of prepaid phones, starting Jan. 1. The structure is similar to taxes taken out for 9-1-1 services.
Banta also said that often people having a mental health crisis – or their friends or loved ones – call 9-1-1 because it’s the number they know… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 10, 2022 | Comm Center News
Doug Hanson is about to accomplish a first for Yankton.
Today (Thursday), after a 28-year career as a dispatcher, Hanson, 56, is set to retire from the position, the first person to do so in the county’s history.
Public service has always been Hanson’s calling.
“I must’ve always known I was going to get in the field to help people,” he told the Press & Dakotan. “I joined the Vermillion Fire Department when I turned 18 and was still a senior (in high school).”
He said he served with the Vermillion Ambulance for eight years, his career taking a different trajectory than what he’d first anticipated…
