CLARION – The new Clarion County emergency dispatch center located in the former Sorce warehouse might be open as early May 2022, according to Clarion County Commissioner Ted Tharan.
Tharan offered the comment at the board of commissioners’ Dec. 14 session.
Emergency Management Director Jeff Smathers said that date is written lightly in pencil however. The opening will depend on several factors, including the availability of new communications equipment…
With the dropping temperatures, Dianne Smith and other members of the Gainesville homeless camp near the Industrial Boulevard railroad tracks are taking all of the blankets they can get their hands on to protect themselves from the freezing ground.
“All we have is what we have,” Smith said.
Members of the Hall County 911 dispatch visited multiple homeless camps Wednesday, Dec. 22, around Gainesville to deliver bags of needed supplies ahead of the Christmas holiday…
You would be hard-pressed to read the news today and not find a headline about 5G. It has been an exciting year for the telecommunications industry as a whole, with initial 5G services becoming more available on smartphones and tablets — including some of the devices our first responders use during emergencies and everyday operations.
Unlike previous technology upgrades, when public-safety users were mostly an afterthought, they are now a critical market to consider in technology rollouts. At the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), we are pleased to see a robust marketplace for public safety expand and reach new heights in just our fifth year of the public-private partnership with our network contractor AT&T…
The National 911 Program has selected consulting firm Mission Critical Partners to pilot and evaluate the first subset of the 911 DataPath data exchange model.
The National 911 Program, housed within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Emergency Medical Services, is responsible for improving coordination and communication among Federal, state, and local 911 centers and their personnel, and telecommunications carriers and vendors.
In a press release, the National 911 Program said the pilot project is the “next step in building a national 911 data system as envisioned by the 911 DataPath Initiative.” The first step was the publication of a strategic plan for the “universe” of 911 data, and the second was the release of Administrative Data for 911 Decision-Making, which features the first subset of the 911 data…
While most Warren County residents are enjoying Christmas Day with their families, a group of dispatchers will be seated at their consoles in the Vicksburg-Warren 911 Dispatch Center handling phone calls and directing other first responders to emergencies.
But while police and firefighters may have an opportunity to possibly enjoy some family time during the holiday, the dispatchers must remain at the 911 Center from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. ready to answer any emergency call…
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