by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 25, 2024 | Comm Center News
When you have a dire emergency you want help from wherever you can get it. Even if it’s from an AI voice assistant.
George Mason University received a grant of nearly $1 million from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for enhancing emergency response, specifically using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve training and other capabilities of the emergency communication systems in Northern Virginia. The funding was made possible through the efforts of Congressman Gerry Connolly, who sponsored the proposal.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2024 | Comm Center News
A year into its implementation of next generation 911, Arizona officials see promising improvements for public safety responses.
The state’s Department of Administration has worked for the past several years to transition the state’s 911 system from a landline-based infrastructure to a digital one to improve system resiliency, caller location services and telecommunications capabilities between callers and dispatchers.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2024 | Comm Center News
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The Lincoln Police Department is investigating a series of fictitious emergency calls involving false reports of fires across the city at several homes and an LPS high school.
Over the past month, the 911 Emergency Communications Center has received at least eight hoax calls, including four since Monday afternoon.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2024 | Comm Center News
The public wasn’t notified about a 911 outage until about three hours after problems began because the Honolulu Police Department was struggling to come up with an alternate means of communication, officials said Monday.
Police are investigating what caused the 911 outage and failure of the regular backup system.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2024 | Comm Center News
A change in state law approved earlier this year complicated hiring for 911 dispatch centers, and state 911 officials are hoping legislators will address the issue in the coming legislative session.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 16, 2024 | Comm Center News
She’s been a Fayette County 911 dispatcher and unsung hero for the past six years. When Bertha Blankenship took the call that her husband fell ill in 2022 it hit home and she decided to write a book about her dispatching experience.
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