by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) have developed a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system – FireCAD – replacing the now-retired STARFIRE system, and marking the most significant operational upgrade to the FDNY’s dispatch operations in 45 years.
FireCAD supports the dispatch and response of FDNY firefighters to fires and other public-safety-related incidents throughout the city’s five boroughs. It is a core platform underpinning the work of FDNY’s critical emergency services, which respond to more than 1.5 million 911 calls annually, serving more than 8.5 million residents in a 302-square-mile area…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 7, 2021 | Comm Center News
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2021-08-05
The government of this Spanish autonomous community has awarded a contract worth 10.6 million euros to the Teltronic-Telefónica temporary consortium for the deployment of a Digital Mobile Communications Network.
The Government of Aragon has awarded the Teltronic-Telefónica temporary consortium the tender to deploy a Digital Mobile Communications Network with regional coverage that will provide secure communications for its security and emergency services.
Through this investment, the Autonomous Government fulfils one of its key objectives in terms of the necessary improvements for the efficient management of emergencies within the Autonomous Community thanks to a communications system that allows the development of innovation projects with future solutions such as IOT or Data Intelligence…
by ECC Editor | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
Alamance County could get a new emergency management facility.
The state Senate budget includes money earmarked for the new emergency management center. If passed as is, the county will receive $7.5 million each year for the next two years for the facility, according to the budget obtained by The Insider.
This facility would aim to enhance emergency management capabilities by combining services that are now spread across the county. It would include the 911 communications center for Alamance County, the county fire marshal and emergency management offices. County Manager Bryan Hagood said the county has spoken with the city of Burlington about possibly housing its emergency management functions in the facility as well… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Discussions are underway over finding a temporary home for a Brown County 911 communications tower.
It currently sits on the soon-to-be demolished Cofrin Library, which is located on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. It’s one of seven towers in Brown County that emergency responders use.
“Without a tower, there are going to be coverage issues in the county, primarily probably in the city of Green Bay,” Cullen Peltier, the director of Brown County Public Safety Communications, said before members of the county’s Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. “Again, these are things the engineering study will tell us for sure…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
Safe Environment Engineering and FirstNet Expand First Responder Capabilities to Better Serve the City and County of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — FirstNet® and Safe Environment Engineering are providing Los Angeles City Fire Department and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health with new capabilities and reliable access to critical information while in the field. These tech advancements allow first responders and other personnel who support them to better serve those who live, work and visit the city and county of Los Angeles.
LAFD and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are connecting its firefighters, first responders and other personnel to FirstNet – the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for America’s first responders and the extended public safety community. LAFD uses FirstNet on frontline apparatus, vehicles, modems, routers, and department-issued smartphones, while LA County Department of Public Health Radiation Management use FirstNet services on smartphones…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
BATH — Tim Marshall has seen a little bit of everything during his near-quarter century in the Steuben County Emergency Services program, managing local disaster scenes, aiding relief efforts at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9/11, and leading the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, Marshall is in the midst of a new challenge after the Steuben County legislature appointed him the county’s first director of public safety last week. Marshall is now overseeing both the emergency services and 911 departments, which have been combined under a single director…
