by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 11, 2021 | Comm Center News
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the Chemung County Office of Fire and Emergency Management has received accreditation through New York’s Local Emergency Management Accreditation Program. Chemung County joins 13 other emergency management organizations in receiving achieve accreditation. The county joins Albany, Broome, Erie, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Nassau, Oneida, Saratoga, Washington, and Wayne counties, as well as New York City, in this formal recognition
“It’s clear how critical local emergency management is for our state’s resilience as we continue to experience example after example of extreme weather, and Chemung County’s accreditation is a necessary step that all of our Counties should take,” said Governor Hochul…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
WILTON — The town’s first responders, including its police department, fire department and emergency medical services, are set to make a decision within the next two weeks on whether they will present a plan for a new emergency communications system or fall in line with the state police system.
While initial estimates showed that a standalone system would cost less than adding equipment to join the state police radio system, a full study has been done by Paul Zito, owner of New England Radio Consultants…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
Public safety collaboration platform gets DHS investment
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has awarded Mobility 4 Public Safety $1.5 million to advance its dedicated messaging and collaboration tool for first responders.
The company’s Bridge 4 Public Safety (Bridge4PS), a secure communications platform exclusively for public safety practitioners in the U.S., was initially launched with funding from DHS’ Mobility Acceleration Coalition as a proof-of-concept in 2019. It was designed to close the communication gap for emergency responders by enabling safe and encrypted messaging as well as interoperability for sharing files, locations, pictures and videos across different agencies and on iOS and Android personal and agency devices. Navigation services are supplied Google Maps…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
SAN DIEGO — San Diego police and fire department radios that are now considered obsolete will be replaced under a $51 million contract the City Council approved Tuesday, city officials said.
The contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. will replace more than 7,000 radios that police officers, firefighters and dispatchers use to communicate with one another. The upgrades will improve voice quality, allow police and fire personnel to communicate more seamlessly with other agencies, and enhance network security, city officials said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
Operations are underway at the Upper Missouri River Regional Dispatch Center (UMRRDC) in Williston.
The City of Williston and Williams County have been planning for a new space to house the Williams County/Williston Emergency Management EOC and its associated offices since 2019, as well as the public safety answering point (PSAP) for the UMRRDC.
At the time, Emergency Management was co-located with the City of Williston Fire Department in Fire Station 3 and the PSAP was located within the Williams County Law Enforcement Center. The project was funded by the Williams County 1 percent Public Safety Sales Tax and the City of Williston…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Emergency dispatchers in Santa Barbara County are having problems receiving 911 calls from cell phone users.
The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management said the issue has been identified and cellular carriers are working to get the issued corrected. There is currently no timeline for when service will be restored.
Despite the issues receiving 911 calls, the emergency dispatch centers are still fully staffed and operating as normal…
