by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
Residents of Sidney and North Saanich face higher taxes unless the provincial government delays plans to download 100 per cent of emergency dispatching costs.
The two are among eight south Island municipalities – Langford, Colwood, View Royal and Sooke are also affected – that are subject to an agreement in which senior levels of government share the cost of RCMP E-Comm 9-1-1 dispatch services. The province covers 70 per cent of costs, the federal government the rest…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
Communications between Dubuque County’s 911 communications staff and rural fire departments are experiencing some growing pains in what officials say otherwise has been a beneficial overhaul of emergency communications.
In September 2017, Dubuque County supervisors voted to bond for about $10 million to revamp the emergency communication system to meet the latest federal standards. The project included new radio towers, upgrades at the Dubuque 911 Emergency Communications Center and a system of digital pagers for the county’s many volunteer fire departments…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 22, 2021 | Comm Center News
Civilians and police officers working side by side in an operational environment – while commonplace nowadays within the Queensland Police Service (QPS), this has not always been the case.
In 1996, a decision was made to train and include civilian staff members in our Communications centres, where their roles included answering emergency calls and dispatching police crews.
Some years on, we are now celebrating 25 years of civilian communications operators…
by ECC Editor | Dec 22, 2021 | Comm Center News
Rogers County Commissioner Ron Burrows said the consolidation of the Rogers County Communications Center is almost completed.
Director of the Northeast Oklahoma E911 Trust Authority, Vicky Atchley presented a list of accomplishments by the RCCC at Monday’s regular Rogers County Commissioner’s meeting.
NOETA began dispatching for Pafford EMS in Dec. 2020. Atchley said this significantly improved call response times… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Dec 22, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
An urgent alert has been issued regarding Android phones that could cause devices to “freeze” when making an emergency call.
The glitch apparently causes Android phones to lock up when attempting to make a 9-1-1 call as the device attempts to share location with emergency service officials, rather than connecting with police or other agency.
According to officials, “unintended interaction” between Microsoft Teams and the Android operating system renders cell phones unable to place outgoing calls to 911… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 22, 2021 | Comm Center News
A number of Oakland police dispatchers called in sick during recent shifts, leading department officials to scramble to field 911 calls with the help of mutual aid from surrounding cities, The Chronicle has learned.
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said the department hasn’t determined whether the sudden illnesses were a sickout or possibly COVID-related amid the omicron surge…
