by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Board of Supervisors, acting in that capacity as well as directors of the County Fire Protection District, unanimously approved several actions that represent what County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig called “a major step” toward creating a Regional Fire Communications Facility.
Hartwig said the discussion for the board Tuesday was “more about cooperation, partnership and regionalization as it is about dispatch.”
Essentially, the decisions approved agreements to provide fire dispatch services for Santa Maria, Lompoc, Guadalupe and Santa Barbara fire departments and the Montecito and Carpinteria-Summerland fire protection districts…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
BATH, N.Y. (WETM) – Steuben County is looking for people to join “a talented team of public safety professionals” to fill openings for 911 dispatchers.
The county is looking for those “dedicated to the receipt of requests and dispatch of emergency services” in the community.
An application costs $15, December 8 is the deadline to apply. The civil service exam for the position will take place on January 22, 2022. The job pays $41,177 and $45, 067 after one year…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
At its Nov. 16 meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted to approve an interlocal agreement consolidating 911 services from the City of Asheville and Buncombe County. With this consolidation, Buncombe County will maintain dispatching service to the City of Asheville Fire Department and will expand this service to Asheville Police.
“Through consolidation, we can enhance service provision and ensure our residents have increased access to care and public safety strategies that focus on people first,” said Assistant County Manager DK Wesley. “This consolidation creates a foundation for assuring the most appropriate response to the emergency needs of our residents and visitors while reimagining public safety…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
In September, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill recognizing 911 dispatchers as first responders. For many on the job, it was a recognition long overdue. It’s a job that has more to it than meets the eye. They’re specially trained on which emergency vehicles to dispatch and sometimes even give lifesaving medical information over the phone.
“Whether they call the emergency line or the non-emergency line,” said Ronald Goossen, a Tompkins County emergency dispatch supervisor. “The dispatchers are the first contact someone has.”
Goossen has been working with emergency dispatch in Tompkins County since 2001. Thanks to a new law from Gov. Kathy Hochul, he, along with all 911 operators, are now considered first responders…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
On Dec. 6, Isabella County is switching to a new emergency management alert program called Smart 911.
“We made the move to switch from CODERED to Smart 911 because Smart 911 offers more integrations to the 911 center where we’re dispatching help,” said Isabella County 911 and Emergency Management Director McCarther Griffis. “It also lets the end user. the person signing up, customize what alerts they want to be alerted to, and how.”
That includes weather alerts like flooding or tornados, along with local alerts from Central Dispatch…
“They can select whether it’s watches or warnings they want to be no
by ECC Editor | Nov 16, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
WASHINGTON, November 15, 2021–– Experts at a Federal Communications Bar Association event earlier this month said the current funding allocation for next-generation 911 services is inadequate.
Currently, under the Joe Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act, the new 911 services – which will allow people to share videos, images and texts with 911 call centers – is allocated $500 million.
“It’s not enough to fully fund 911,” David Redl, CEO of consulting group Salt Point Strategies, said on the FCBA’s “What Comes Next in 911” panel on November 4. Redl was formerly the head of the Commerce Department’s telecom agency National Telecommunications and Information Administration…
