by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
AT&T has provided an update on its wireless network following impacts from Hurricane Ida. They say it’s operating at more than 98% of normal.
The company’s statement is as follows:
“We continue to maintain and refuel more than 200 generators currently providing power to equipment there. Our wireless network in both Alabama and Mississippi are operating normally. More than 70 crews are continuing to work across Louisiana to keep our customers, their families and first responders connected.
We have deployed a FirstNet Communications Vehicle to a heavily impacted area in Louisiana to provide an extra level of support. In addition to providing LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity, this CV offers an air-conditioned command space for first responder personnel and is equipped with multiple monitors, charging stations, a television and a large exterior screen and speakers that can be used for briefings…
by ECC Editor | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
Augusta Department of Public Safety Director Bob Sage has announced plans for his upcoming retirement after nearly 34 years in law enforcement.
Sage’s retirement date is planned for the end of October 2021 but will continue to serve in the director position while the city conducts a search and recruitment process for his replacement.
At the beginning of Sage’s career in public safety, at the age of 18, he started as a 911 dispatcher for the Augusta Department of Safety. From there he worked a variety of positions for three different law enforcement agencies until 2002 when he was appointed the Chief of Police in Rose Hill… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
Supply chain shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic will likely mean a delay in the next phase of the joint effort between Chaves County and the city of Roswell to upgrade local emergency radio capabilities.
“Phase two is officially at a dead stop,” said Dave Jones, general manager of Code 3 Services, the Albuquerque-based public safety service company that Roswell and the county have contracted with to transition area law enforcement agencies and fire departments from analog to digital radio.
Jones said some equipment needed for phase two of the project will likely not arrive until late October due to disruptions in manufacturing and shipping caused by measures taken last year to reduce spread of COVID-19…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
HAVERHILL — The city has achieved its goal of moving police officers out of dispatch and back onto the streets and has recently inked its first contract with the newly formed civilian Dispatchers Union Group.
Mayor James Fiorentini said this is the latest milestone in his decade-long effort to convert Haverhill’s 911 dispatchers from police officers to civilians.
He said the deal includes pay increases over three years to make the pay of Haverhill dispatchers competitive with other public safety dispatchers in the region. There are currently 10 civilian dispatchers on the job with two more in the process of being hired to meet the fully budgeted complement of a dozen positions…
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2021 | Comm Center News
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Nineteen Rhode Island fire departments are getting a total of $5.5 million in federal grants that can be used to buy new equipment and upgrade training to enhance public safety, the state’s congressional delegation said.
“These grants will help lift the budgetary burden on local governments and better protect the health and safety of the public and firefighters,” Sen. Jack Reed said in a statement Friday.
The Warwick Fire Department is getting the largest chunk of the grant money, including almost $900,000 for an aerial ladder truck and more than $100,000 for portable radio equipment…
by ECC Editor | Sep 5, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Quell Foundation will host the 9/11 Ride of Hope as a peleton of 20 cyclists will travel from New York City, N.Y. to Arlington, V.A., during the week leading up to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorists attack.
The 5-day event will kick off from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on Tuesday, September 7, and conclude in Arlington on Saturday. The group will include active, retired, and surviving family members of first responders, many of whom responded to the horrific events of September 11, 2001.
Cycling 225 miles, this journey seeks to bring greater awareness and understanding to the long-term impact and emotional toll our nation’s first responders experience through compounded daily trauma. The Ride of Hope also aims to educate, inspire, and empower first responders to recognize mental health crisis warning signs amongst their own.
Each mile of the journey will pay respect to those who lost their lives and demonstrate The Foundation’s commitment to the mental health of our nation’s First Responder, Emergency Response, Government Agencies, and Military communities.
“The women and men of our nation’s first responder community are more likely to die by suicide than in the line-of-duty. These Americans who have dedicated their life to protecting, and saving ours, are taking their own at unprecedented rates,” said Kevin M. Lynch, CEO and President of The Quell Foundation. “The deteriorating mental health of our country’s first responders is at a critical point. On this, the twentieth anniversary of these tragic events, it is time we take care of the heroes who are there for us.”
Funds from the 9/11 Ride of Hope will support the continued development and implementation of The Foundation’s first responder mental health preparedness and training program.
Please visit the 9/11 Ride of Hope website for more information, purchase gear, or donate to the event.
Sponsors for the event include FirstNet, Built with AT&T, Dell Technologies, K2 View, Morgan Stanley, and MOD.
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