Sep 10, 2021 — North Country lawmakers want an update from the state task force that was set up to find solutions to gaps in cell phone service in rural areas, including many parts of the North Country.
The task force was established in September 2019. According to a group of Republican and Democratic regional lawmakers, it met several times shortly after being created but has not issued a formal report or recommendations.
“For the sake of public safety, but also economic development, these cell gaps need to be closed,” said State Senator Dan Stec of Warren County.
Ricky Provost, Franklin County’s Emergency Services director described how spotty or no cell service can impact assistance getting to people in an emergency…
“The North Carolina Department of Public Safety is always on the lookout for talented, dedicated individuals interested in a public safety career,” said Margaret Ekam, NCDPS Communications Operations Manager.
Most jobs within public safety are continuously hiring as stated on the NCDPS and the Craven County job openings pages.
Ekam said statewide openings in healthcare, trades, corrections, juvenile justice and probation/parole are needed the most….
WAYLAND — For everyone old enough to remember Sept. 11, 2001, what started out as a perfectly normal day turned out to be harrowing. We can remember exactly where we were when we heard the news of the planes hitting the Twin Towers. As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the largest attack on American soil, one local EMT shares his story of being in New York City on that day.
Fred Grambs, chief for Springwater-Wayland EMS, was a captain for Lindenwood Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Queens. He recalls arriving comfortably at work, and then, when the second plane hit, his boss immediately relieved him for duty with the ambulance service.
“I called the base to find out where our ambulances were, and couldn’t get through. I knew we had one crew on, we had two ambulances, so I sat back and being an officer, I had to think about what to do,” he remembered…
When terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, it wasn’t a branch of the military that oversaw the massive emergency response operation—the lead agency was the 266-person Arlington County Fire Department in Virginia.
The emergency response at the Pentagon that day was largely considered a success, by the 9/11 Commission, due in part to the high level of regional cooperation among local, state and federal agencies that enabled first responders to quickly stand up an incident command system.
Twenty years later, emergency preparedness experts say the incorporation of regional training and communications into emergency planning is one of the most important takeaways for local governments from the deadly terrorist attacks…
Former Yale student Michael Chime, along with co-founders Neal Soni ’24 and Dylan Gleicher ’23, has launched an app that aims to change how schools and 911 centers across the country address emergencies.
The Prepared app allows teachers, students, school administrators and security officers to quickly report and share information during medical and security emergencies. Each teacher or administrator in a participating school downloads the Prepared app and receives training on how to use it, so they can notify each other when emergencies arise. The idea is to replace traditional school communication systems — such as walkie-talkies and PA systems — with a streamlined cell phone app…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
