Elk County 911 radio upgrades in jeopardy due to property owners’ legal dispute (PA)

by | Aug 5, 2024 | Comm Center News

RIDGWAY — An emergency communications tower at the center of a property rights dispute is complicating Elk County’s public safety planning as a key federal funding deadline looms.

At dispute is a 106-foot tall temporary 911 tower owned and operated by the county. While it’s located on the property of Wilcox resident Michael Anderson, the roads that access the tower were blocked off by two gates placed by his neighbors, Terry and Tammy Brawand.

5-month-old’s death prompts review of DC 911

by | Aug 3, 2024 | Comm Center News

The Office of Unified Communications said it was investigating the call and would provide more information when the review was completed.

WASHINGTON — The agency that handles 911 calls in D.C. says it is “carefully reviewing” its response to an emergency call Friday afternoon about a 5-month-old who stopped breathing.

Westmoreland returns part of grant to pay for 911 upgrades; blames bookkeeping error (PA)

by | Aug 3, 2024 | Comm Center News

Westmoreland County has returned nearly 75% of a federal grant meant to pay for mobile backups of the county’s 911 dispatch system.

Officials said bookkeeping errors impacted the $529,000 project to purchase the mobile 911 dispatch units. Those units could be relocated if public safety services were forced to evacuate from the Hempfield operations center.

Charter to Pay $15M Settlement to FCC

by | Jul 29, 2024 | Comm Center News

Washington, DC — July 29, 2024 — The Federal Communications Commission today announced a $15 million settlement with Charter Communications to resolve an Enforcement Bureau investigation into the company’s compliance with 911 and network outage notification rules.  As part of the settlement, Charter admits to violating the agency’s rules regarding notifications to public safety officials and the Commission in connection with three unplanned network outages and hundreds of planned, maintenance-related network outages that occurred last year.