by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
COLUMBUS – Governor Mike DeWine Monday announced the creation of a new state office that will focus on the well-being of first responders.
The Office of First Responder Wellness, within the Department of Public Safety’s Office of Criminal Justice Services, will work to encourage self-care and mental wellness for Ohio’s first responder community, including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, dispatch, corrections, and Ohio-based military, according to a release from DeWine’s office…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — The West Bloomfield Township Police Department is the latest Oakland County city to get the Text-to-911 service.
The new system is part of the police department’s vision to make emergency services more accessible.
“Those who are not able to voice call 911, that will help them out a great deal,” West Bloomfield Township dispatch manager Keisha Williams said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
LOVINGTON — A fully consolidated emergency 911 center for Lea County appears on the horizon, looking at Jan. 10, 2022 for implementation.
All that’s left is for just about everybody else to approve it.
The board of county commissioners on Thursday gave unanimous nods individually to a total of eight resolutions aimed at expanding emergency dispatch for police, fire and EMS personnel through the Lea County Communication Authority…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
Federal authorities have accused seven Philadelphia police dispatchers of filing fraudulent emergency pandemic unemployment claims that netted them a combined $73,000 in benefits before they were caught.
The dispatchers, all employed at the time they filed for benefits claiming they had lost their jobs, face charges of mail fraud and theft of public money outlined in separate indictments unsealed Monday.
Their scheme, according to investigators, began as early as May 2020 and ended in some cases as late as August of this year…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
Since last week Friday, the Norwegian public safety emergency communication network, Nødnett, was down in several places in the south of Norway. This was caused by a severe storm.
Currently, the network availability of Nødnett has improved in several places in southern Norway, and coverage of Nødnett is on the way back, including in the Telemark region, which has been one of the areas affected by the storm, says department director Sigurd Heier in the Directorate for Safety and Emergency Preparedness ( DSB) at 13 o’clock on Monday.
Earlier on Monday, Heier explained that they followed the situation closely, and that there is an ongoing dialogue with local power companies and Telenor to restore normal operations. We also have our own ground crews out to correct any other faults that may have occurred at the base stations, Heier said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — A 20-year-old dispatcher-trainee in Lynchburg is being recognized for her role in a life-saving phone call.
The dispatcher-in-training was able to coach someone on the other end of the line into resuscitating a patient before emergency crews arrived.
Due to dispatch protocols, WFXR News is not allowed to release her full name, but her co-workers call her Joyce…
