FirstNet Network Expands in Camden and Salem Counties to Advance Public Safety (NJ)

by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 6, 2021 | Comm Center News

FirstNet Network Expands in Camden and Salem Counties to Advance Public Safety Communications Capabilities in New Jersey
New Infrastructure Will Help Advance Public Safety, Improve Connectivity for Area Residents and Visitors

Trenton, NJ, Nov. 3, 2021

What’s the news? South Jersey’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion currently underway by AT&T*. We’ve added new purpose-built cell sites in Camden and Salem Counties. These new sites are giving first responders on FirstNet – America’s public safety network – access to always-on, 24-hours-a-day priority and preemption across voice and data…

Local Amateur Radio Group Seeks Donations to Help Community (KY)

by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 6, 2021 | Comm Center News

The Jennings County Amateur Radio Association is raising money to help with rehab and build out of a radio tower in Freetown Indiana. This will go towards providing last line of defense communication support to the residents and public safety agencies of Jennings County and South Central Indiana in the event of current public safety communications system overload or failure.

“We are skilled at composing and relaying messages by voice and through computer via Amateur Radio communications modes. Our group will support emergency activities ranging from equipment logistics, victim location and identification, emergency shelter, food and water information, medical equipment and material distribution and sometimes life-and-death communications…

From tight shoes to spicy chips — How low priority 911 calls tie up Cleveland ambulances (OH)

by ECC Editor | Nov 6, 2021 | Comm Center News

CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has found people calling for an ambulance in Cleveland because they can’t sleep or their shoes are too tight.

Still, paramedics get sent.

So, the I-Team investigated what this means for you when you have a life-threatening emergency. We’ve recently exposed delays as people had to wait for an ambulance in Cleveland even with patients dying.

We uncovered 911 calls that are not what you expect to hear when people say they need an ambulance… READ MORE

Ulster County executive envisions new emergency management center (NY)

by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 5, 2021 | Comm Center News

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan on Thursday outlined his plan for the construction of a state-of-the-art emergency management and government operations facility, saying in a press release that the facility will centralize critical functions from across county government “in a hardened and energy self-sufficient structure.”

The new Ulster County Public Safety Communications Center will include the Ulster County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)/Government Operations Center (GOC), all the divisions of the Ulster County Department of Emergency Services, and the County’s Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), Ryan said…

Roanoke County expands employee bonuses (VA)

by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 5, 2021 | Comm Center News

New technology to get Spotsy firefighters to you quicker (PA)

by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 5, 2021 | Comm Center News

From Spotsylvania Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management:

Last week, through a joint effort of the Spotsylvania Information Services Department, Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Communications Center, and Spotsylvania Fire, Rescue, & Emergency Management, our public safety system made a huge leap forward in improving the service delivery to our community. We have implemented the use of a new state of the art computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that has greater functionality to allow us all to serve you better, but also provides incident location, routing, and call notes in the hands of our personnel as they respond to your calls for help.

The new system uses automatic vehicle location (AVL) technology to make sure the closest, most appropriate units are dispatched to calls for help, based off their GPS locations…