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…
by ECC Editor | Nov 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A St. Lucie County Fire District 911 Telecommunicator answered the call of her life over the weekend.
Leeann Suit tells CBS12 News she has answered many calls in her nearly 18 years as a 911 dispatcher.
But, none have been quite like the one she answered on Saturday… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
Atlanta Police said a water leak caused the problem on Sunday night.
ATLANTA — Atlanta’s 911 operations are moving back into their main facilities after they were forced to make adjustments due to a water leak at the Public Safety Center Sunday night.
The water leak also impacted calls to Atlanta 311. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms thanked the city for its patience in a tweet Monday evening.
“911 remains operational and is currently transitioning back into their primary facilities,” Bottoms said. “311 is fully up and running…
