by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
North Island ambulance stations will benefit from the province’s strengthening of its ambulance system with what it calls the largest hiring push in B.C.’s history in rural and remote locations.
“When we call 911 for help, British Columbians need to feel confident that help is on the way and that it will arrive quickly,” said Dix. “The significant progress made by BC Emergency Health Services over the summer will ensure a more effective ambulance service for patients and families who depend on it. Better support for paramedics and dispatchers will help them do the vital work we count on every day.”
These measures also include:
* hiring 85 new full-time paramedics in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Port Moody, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley, Richmond, Abbotsford, Kamloops and Prince George plus additional positions assigned to serve metro areas;
* hiring 30 new full-time dispatchers; …
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue Services has made the switch to the largest multi-jurisdictional radio network in the province.
As of 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, the local fire department officially changed over to the E-Comm Wide-Area Radio Network that will now allow firefighters to communicate more effortlessly with other emergency service agencies like the Ridge Meadows RCMP and BC Ambulance Service.
E-Comm is the first point of contact for 9-1-1 callers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 15, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, federal and state governments invested billions of dollars on preparedness efforts within the first responder community to respond to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) events. As time passed, there was greater realization that WMD incidents were less of a threat than conventional firearms and explosives. The intricate, often unrealistic, CBRN scenarios were replaced with more representative and realistic examples of attacks on the civilian populace utilizing readily available materials and weapons. These attacks were occurring overseas in countries with internal or external conflicts and in the Afghanistan and Iraq war theaters.
These events, commonly utilizing a variety of violent modalities, came to be categorized as complex coordinated terrorist attacks (CCTA) – a bit of a misnomer, as these events, at least domestically, are not always coordinated and not always committed by “terrorists”. CCTA has an excellent ‘ring’ to it, but exactly how can jurisdictions, agencies and communities really prepare for this general, nondescript threat? The term CCTA is just too broad and open-ended; a better descriptor for the various threats we face is the term “high threat”…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Kentucky State Police Post 1 communications center was recognized as the 2021 Public Safety Answering Point of the year for the state of Kentucky.
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 police 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 dispatching and receiving hundreds of thousands of radio transmissions.
The dispatch center at Post 1 served as the redundancy for other dispatch centers and emergency services when the Christmas Day 2020 bombing in downtown Nashville knocked out telecommunication services to a large portion of the southeast and most of Kentucky…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
KYLE, TEXAS – The community is invited to join the City of Kyle for the Public Safety Center Groundbreaking on Friday, Sept. 17, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the corner of Kohlers Crossing and Marketplace Avenue (1760 Kohlers Crossing).
The groundbreaking event will provide community members an opportunity to learn more about the features of the Public Safety Center, a facility that will be dedicated to serving the public safety needs of Kyle.
This $37 million project will grant room for the Kyle Police Department to grow over the next 20 years and beyond…
by ECC Editor | Sep 15, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
House Republicans tried unsuccessfully on Monday to penalize communities that reduce police funding by taking away money in President Joe Biden’s proposed $3.5 trillion Build Back Better investment package intended for upgrading local 911 services.
They then claimed that by opposing the proposed amendment, Democrats were refusing to support law enforcement.
The attempt came during a markup of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s portion of the investment package. The legislation includes $10 billion, to be spent over five years, for community grants to implement, operate, and maintain the Next Generation 911 system… READ MORE
