by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
When providing emergency services to a community and/or region, it is only common sense that the citizens receive service promptly. In the Lompoc Valley, three separate and distinct organizations provide emergency medical response service. They are the Lompoc City Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, and American Medical Response.
It is imperative that the taxpayer-funded emergency response system resources be managed effectively to gain the maximum benefit for the community. Minutes and seconds matter when life-threatening emergencies occur…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Comm Center News
Houston firefighters stationed outside of the Astroworld concert venue Friday night were not in radio communications with the emergency medical providers hired by the concert organizers as the deadly crowd swell unfolded, the city’s fire chief told CNN on Tuesday.
Patrick M. “Marty” Lancton, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, said that cellphones are not a reliable communication method during emergencies, given potential signal weakness during events involving large gatherings.
“Seconds matter, minutes matter in emergencies,” Lancton told CNN. One man told Houston City Council on Tuesday that cell service did not work during the event, and that service was so bad he couldn’t text his friends who were standing just feet away from him…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 10, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Public Safety, Critical Infrastructure Highlight Importance of Backup Power in Disasters
Public safety, business and critical infrastructure officials emphasized the importance of backup power and collaboration between wireless providers and energy providers during a field hearing on disaster communications that was a part of the FCC’s October 26 meeting.FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said it is important that the FCC learn as much as possible whenever communications outages and field hearings provide a strong outlet for that…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
KNOX COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) – In March of 2020, the pandemic was on most folks’ minds. This meant the rollout for Knox County’s Smart911 was slow at best. News 10 had the chance to speak with dispatch director Rob McMullen. He says they had planned information booths at local events. But as many were shut down outreach was limited.
McMullen is now working to get smart911 on people’s minds again…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
If you ask Officer Scott Harkins, he is “a man of many hats.”
Although Harkins spends a lot of his time as both a School Resource Officer for the Moniteau County R-1 School District and as an assistant girls basketball coach, he said he always makes sure he has time for another position: board president for Moniteau County Emergency Dispatch.
It’s rewarding for him, Harkins said, to be able to support dispatchers however he can…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
ST. ALBANS CITY — After four years of planning and reconstruction, the St. Albans Police Department has a modern building.
If visitors are buzzed further into the building, they will then have access to an expanded waiting area, where a public bathroom is nearby. At the former space on Welden Ave., Lamothe said officers had to bring individuals into the SAPD’s working space if the public needed to use such facilities.
The rest of the building is divided into two halves: a secure area where the department’s dispatch center, evidence rooms and holding cells are located; and office space for the department’s 23 staff members…
