by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
FENTON TWP.—Genesee County 911 director Spring Tremaine is stepping down from her post following a family dispute that led to a misdemeanor charge against her.
Tremaine, who was been the 911 director since 2017, sent her letter of resignation to the Genesee County 911 Consortium Board earlier this week. The board then called a special meeting on Monday and voted unanimously to approve Tremaine’s resignation and place her on paid administrative leave until the end of her contract on Sept. 30.
Tremaine, of Fenton Township, was charged with a misdemeanor of disorderly conduct for illegally dumping yard waste and a trash can on her ex-sister-in-law’s driveway in early August. Cathy Tremaine, Spring Tremaine’s ex-sister-in-law, recorded the confrontation on Aug. 7 and shared the video with local media…
by ECC Editor | Sep 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
NEW ORLEANS — Police are looking for a New Orleans 911 operator that has been accused of hanging up on people calling for help, an NOPD spokesperson said Thursday.
Officers are looking for Precious Stephens, a 25-year-old woman who faces charges of malfeasance in office and interfering with an emergency communication for an August 23 incident.
Stephens deliberately disconnected 911 calls without getting emergency information or transferring the calls to other dispatchers, hanging up on people calling for help… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 3, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Prolonged blackouts in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida are a reminder the power grid needs to become more resilient as well as reliable if even more services such as electric vehicles are going to depend on it in future.
The electricity system is already directly responsible for providing a wide range of energy services in homes, offices and factories, including space heating, air-conditioning, cooking, refrigeration and power.
The grid is also at the heart of a collection of other critical systems, including oil and gas supply, water and sewerage, transport, communications, public safety and healthcare, which cannot function properly without it…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
Suffolk residents placed numerous calls to the county’s 911 call system Wednesday night as they sought help for relatives in New York City who could not reach 911 while a storm deluged the region, county officials said Thursday.
Callers reported relatives trapped in vehicles and flooded basement apartments, but could not get through to city first responders from about 10 p.m. Wednesday until early Thursday, said Tom Moran, vice president of the Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees, which represents Suffolk 911 workers.
Moran said Suffolk emergency operators also fielded calls from Nassau County…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
Two Southeast Alaska communities will now have text-to-911 capability in their emergency communications systems.
Wrangell and Petersburg will now have the ability to text emergency services in cases in which calling isn’t an option.
“So basically it’s been working out excellent,” said Petersburg Police Department Chief James Kerr in a phone interview. “It’s designed for the hearing impaired or domestic violence situations. If you can’t talk to the dispatch, but you need help, you can text.”
The police departments in those communities worked with Third Signal, a consulting company, to implement the technology, according to a news release from the company…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 3, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer of long-endurance hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft systems designed for a wide range of commercial, defense and public safety applications, has been named one of seven finalists in the NIST First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge, which was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Team AAC from Advanced Aircraft Company placed first in the competition, taking home a cash prize of $100,000. Additionally, the company won three Best-in-Class Awards for Endurance, Innovation and First Responders Choice, totaling its winnings at $135,000…
