by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
FAYETTE, Iowa (KWWL) – The city of Oelwein no longer has its own 911 dispatch center. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office now handles all emergency calls for the entire county.
“Actually I think it’s going very smooth,” Fayette County Sheriff Marty Fisher said.
Dispatchers have been taking calls from Oelwein since June. There are seven full-time employees that will soon turn into nine.
Adding Oelwein, one of the largest cities in the county has doubled the workload for dispatchers at the county level.
“We saw probably here, for Fayette County, would be about 2,500 emergency calls. Oelwein and their dispatch had approximately 2,300,” Sheriff Fisher said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
ELLSWORTH – Pierce County 911 dispatcher and Jailer Sgt. Sandy Larson is retiring after 36 years with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department; her official last day is Aug. 4.
Larson started dispatch and working in the original jail when the two operations, dispatch and jail duties, were in the same building location adjacent to the courthouse. She would do both jobs during her shifts and the days would consist of many responsibilities and long hours.
After the new sheriff’s department/jail opened on Overlook Drive and the dispatch and jail split, she decided to continue with just being a Jailer Sergeant, where she was responsible for looking after and taking care of the inmates at the county jail…(WI)
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
RALEIGH – The Federal Communications Commission officially awarded and designated innovation zone status to an existing site in and nearby North Carolina State University on Thursday.
Innovation zones are created so that qualified licensees — such as North Carolina State University, which operates the existing site that was a part of the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a consortium of 35 wireless companies — can test advanced technologies beyond the boundaries of a college or university campus or laboratory facility, the FCC said.
The confirmatio followed up on a proposal announced last month…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
Boston is trying to come up with better ways to aid individuals experiencing an emergency mental health crisis in part by reducing the role of police officers in responding to some 911 calls.
Proposed changes include efforts to dispatch teams of paramedics and behavioral health practitioners — a change that aims to take mental health crisis calls out of the hands of uniformed and armed officers.
Under one of the models outlined by acting Mayor Kim Janey on Thursday, the city is hoping to improve and expand dedicated teams of police officers and mental health workers who respond together to 911 calls reporting a mental health crisis that also includes a possible public safety risk…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
Sioux Falls is getting started on its new public safety training campus in northwestern Sioux Falls.
Building permits were filed Tuesday for several buildings in the complex, including an administration and classroom building, fire training building, range building, maintenance building and storage facility.
In total, the building permits cost about $30 million. WSKF Architects Inc. is listed as the applicant on the permit, which is a Kansas City, Missouri-based architecture firm known for designing fire and police stations across the country…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 6, 2021 | Comm Center News
SNOW HILL – County officials approved fines to be associated with the implementation of Kari’s Law. The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a fine schedule associated with the enforcement of Kari’s Law, which requires multi-line telephone systems to allow for direct dialing 9-1-1.
“In the past we passed the bill for Kari’s Law,” said Worcester County Emergency Services Director Billy Birch. “This is just putting the fine schedule to it.”
Kari’s Law ensures that anyone can reach a 9-1-1 call center when dialing 9-1-1 from a multi-line telephone system. The law is named in honor of Kari Hunt, who was killed in a motel room by her estranged husband, according to 911.gov. Though her daughter tried to call 9-1-1 four times, the calls never went through because the motel phone system required a user to dial “9” before any outside call…
