by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 7, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
By Harry Markley, Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, First Responder Network Authority
Many of us know exactly where we were and what we were doing when the 9/11 attacks happened. I was commander of the SWAT team for the Phoenix Police Department, and the news came early morning in our local time zone. I jumped in my vehicle and drove straight to work, not knowing when, where, or if the next attacks would happen.
Beginning that day and for many weeks that followed, my fellow officers and I worked 12-hour shifts seven days a week to stay in front of the threat. We monitored Arizona’s critical infrastructure, nuclear station, and power supply.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — EF Johnson Technologies, a leading solution provider of mission-critical communications technology for emergency responders, announced today that it has signed a $26.8 million contract with Frederick County, Virginia, to deploy the County’s next-generation radio communications network. EFJohnson will deliver a KENWOOD ATLAS® P25 Trunked Simulcast System Solution, featuring its unique and patented Latitude™ technology in a fully distributed network architecture for outstanding reliability, resiliency and scalability…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
LAWRENCE CO. – IU Health Lifeline notified the Lawrence County 911 board that they will discontinue their 911 dispatch operations at their Bedford location beginning on October 1, 2021.
According to an IU Health spokesperson, “IU Health’s intent is to hold to the Friday, October 1st deadline.”
IU Health Lifeline has released a letter given to the Lawrence County 911 board which is advocating for the improvement of 911 services in keeping track of available ambulances in Lawrence County…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
As part of the N.C. Department of Public Safety’s Division of Emergency Management, the 24-Hour Watch is housed in the State Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. The Watch is an information and communication sharing hub for incident information and intelligence data from federal, state and local partners. The Watch shares information it receives with all necessary stakeholders via multiple communication platforms.
“The 24-Hour Watch aims to be the eyes and ears of North Carolina Emergency Management, with complete situational awareness of all goings-on across the state,” said Amanda Winans, 24-Hour Watch Manager and State TERT Coordinator. “All information that comes into the Watch is pushed out in some way or another; our goal is that information never stops with us.”
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
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CAROLYN McINTYRE posted 09.07.2021
With explosive wildfires once again raging across California, public safety must be paramount as legislators take final action on bills before adjourning the 2021 session on Sept 10. Resiliency of electric and communications infrastructure has never been more vital to public safety.
Action is needed now to ensure that Gov. Newsom’s $6 billion broadband plan enacted in July protects all Californians no matter which provider or network delivers their communications service.
The new backup power requirements deemed safety-critical by the CPUC do not currently apply to the networks that will be funded by the governor’s current $6 billion broadband plan.
When wildfires take down cell towers and other communications infrastructure, consumers lose their lifeline to the world and cannot receive emergency alerts, evacuation orders, and public safety updates…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
NAMPA — The Nampa Police Department on Tuesday named Carmen Boeger community engagement coordinator, a new position within the department.
Boeger, a longtime employee and current manager of Nampa’s dispatch center, will be responsible for relaying information to the public and assisting with the department’s public engagement programs and events.
Boeger has worked for Nampa Police Department as a 911 dispatcher, trainer and crisis negotiator. She also helped launch the department’s Facebook page and expand its social media presence with Twitter and Instagram. Boeger has been the department’s social media administrator for the last several years…
