Hernando Sheriff’s Office recruiting staff for county’s emergency center (FL)

by | Nov 18, 2021 | Comm Center News

SPRING HILL — Ileana Scopano of Shady Hills says there isn’t much that can faze her, and that might be the key to a new career as an emergency operator at the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.

She’s working as a surgical assistant in a hospital operating room right now, but wants a change.

“When you’ve been doing OR for a long, long time, this is kind of parallel,” she said. “The level of stress? I can do stress. This would actually be a whole lot easier to do… READ MORE

911 Dispatch Center For San Mateo County Awarded For Excellence (CA)

911 Dispatch Center For San Mateo County Awarded For Excellence (CA)

by | Nov 18, 2021 | Comm Center News

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — San Mateo County’s 911 dispatch center was recognized as an Accredited Center of Excellence by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch, the county announced Thursday.

The honor is the highest distinction given to emergency communication centers. San Mateo County’s 911 communications center is one of nine dispatch centers in California and 97 in the world to receive the award.

“Centers who earn Accredited Center of Excellence status are the embodiment of dispatch done right so we are very proud to earn this recognition,” Natasha Claire-Espino, San Mateo County Public Safety Communications Director, said in a news release. “Our dispatchers take great pride in doing their best and go all-in to consistently demonstrate pride, teamwork, and innovation by putting their communities first. Our partnering agencies often recognize our dispatchers for being the best at what they do, and they work hard to maintain that level of performance…

Public Safety Advocate: Throwback Thursday

by | Nov 18, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News

This week’s Advocate is a throwback to 2017 when I wrote about the difference between network capacity requirements of commercial broadband networks and capacity requirements of public-safety broadband networks. This is a good time for this particular throwback since we are currently working with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to determine the highest and best use for 4.9 -GHz spectrum. When establishing capacity needs of a broadband network, it is important to understand that commercial network capacity assumptions do not hold up when it comes to public safety. As you will discover below, this is because most public-safety incidents happen within small geographic areas. Therefore, the capacity needed during these incidents has to be measured based on what is available within a single cell sector or cell site…

County officials hear study findings from group looking at inadequate communications system (ME)

County officials hear study findings from group looking at inadequate communications system (ME)

by | Nov 17, 2021 | Comm Center News

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The consulting group hired to study the communications needs for the county’s emergency responders presented its findings to the Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday.

Piscataquis County fire and police departments and ambulance services have been dealing with long-running communications problems for several years, many of which stem from the hilly and mountainous terrain of the region and/or aging and out of date infrastructure.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The consulting group hired to study the communications needs for the county’s emergency responders presented its findings to the Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday…

City of Marshall to make repairs to outdoor warning system (TX)

by | Nov 17, 2021 | Comm Center News

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) – From the City of Marshall:

On the morning of October 27, 2021, the City of Marshall’s  9-1-1 Call Center received notification of severe weather approaching Harrison County. We later received notification from the National Weather Service that Harrison County was under a Tornado Warning. As per protocol, Marshall Dispatch activated the sirens. At 11:24 a.m., following the weather event, Emergency Management Coordinator, Fire Chief Cooper, received notifications that some of the sirens did not activate…