by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 17, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
After the article about the lack of data interoperability across the FirstNet (Built with AT&T) network appeared last week in the Advocate, I received comments indicating that serious work has indeed been undertaken to address this issue. I hope to be able to provide more information in coming weeks.
Meanwhile, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been busy. After its September meeting, it appears that a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) for the 4.9-GHz spectrum will be released for comments. The FCC will also act on the 6-GHz sharing of licensed microwave with unlicensed Wi-Fi 6 users…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
Flathead County property owners will begin seeing a new assessment supporting the consolidated 911 dispatch center on tax bills that go out in November.
Flathead County voters approved a ballot measure in the November 2020 general election that taxes property owners to pay the cost of emergency dispatch and supporting communication services, equipment and infrastructure for the county and its municipalities. The taxes will be payable semi-annually in two equal payments.
City councils in all three incorporated cities in Flathead County — Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Whitefish — had passed resolutions in support of the levy…
by ECC Editor | Sep 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
ATLANTA — A Buckhead restaurant worker shot outside his job Sunday night told police that several 9-1-1 calls went unanswered.
The shooting took place in the rear parking lot of Kyma, at 3085 Piedmont Road sometime before 8 p.m., according to Atlanta Police reports. The man was shot in the arm, police said.
But an apparent call from a co-worker to an off-duty cop is what spurred police response, based upon a police radio dispatch recording released Tuesday by Atlanta Police… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Sep 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
TLANTA (CBS46) — Understaffed and overwhelmed. That is how dispatchers are describing Atlanta’s 9-1-1 call center.
The current staffing shortage is causing concern among workers and callers.
One mother told CBS46 that when she called 9-1-1, no one answered the call.
CBS46 Ciara Cummings found out that dozens of open positions have led to dispatch delays.
Ashley Billings says she witnessed a hit-and-run in southwest Atlanta last Tuesday. She claims a driver slammed into a car in front of her and narrowly missed kids at the crosswalk… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 17, 2021 | Comm Center News
Corky Martin started his 26-year career in law enforcement in 1991 as a jailer at the old detention center adjacent to the Garland County Sheriff’s Department.
He’s still working there 30 years later, but in a much different role. He’s director of the Garland County 911 Communications Center, which went live in the booking area of the old jail in 2018 and ushered in a new era of public safety communications in the county.
In 2017, the county began building the new facility and migrating its communications system from an analog platform to the Arkansas Wireless Information Network’s 700-800 MHz frequency digital microwave-based interoperable system. At the same time, responsibility for answering 911 calls and dispatching emergency personnel shifted from the sheriff’s department to the county’s Office of Emergency Management…
by ECC Editor | Sep 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
Louisville, KY. (September 14, 2021) – On Thursday, September 9th, the Kentucky Emergency Services Conference held its annual awards banquet in Louisville to honor emergency service personnel from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police, Post 1 communications center was recognized as the 2021 “PSAP of the Year”. PSAP or Public Safety Answering Point is more commonly known as a 911 communications center. The 911 center at Post 1 in Hickory serves as the PSAP for agencies in Ballard, Graves, Hickman, and Lyon Counties. Aside from dispatching for the Kentucky State Police, Post 1 is the primary dispatch center for all emergency services in Graves and Lyon Counties including their municipal departments. In 2020 the 911 center in Hickory answered nearly 26,000 9-1-1 calls and 75,000 non-emergency calls in addition to delivering and receiving hundreds of thousands of radio transmissions… READ MORE
