by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 23, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Collaboration is the key to any good partnership. As a public safety telecommunicator or a responder, the radio can become just a voice on the other end of the line, and not a real person. As our small, law enforcement-run agency expanded in rural South Dakota, we wanted to maintain our connection to field responders with whom we interacted daily.
The Watertown South Dakota 9-1-1 Center had great partnerships with our law enforcement officers. However, we struggled with communicating our dispatch procedures to our area ambulance and fire departments. In a few years, we had grown from dispatching for two counties to six, and taken on dozens of fire and ambulance agencies…
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by ECC Editor | Jul 23, 2021 | Comm Center News
GeoComm is excited to announce their selection by the State of Michigan to provide GIS data assessment and improvement services to counties across the state to support their Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) migration.
As the State of Michigan prepares for its transitions to a NG9-1-1 environment the need for a robust GIS environment at local, regional, and statewide agencies dramatically increases. This project, which will be completed by the end of 2021, includes utilizing GeoComm’s proven assess, improve, and maintain process to empower public safety agencies throughout the state to achieve Public Safety Grade GIS data… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 22, 2021 | Comm Center News
n May of 2021, Oregon became the first state in the nation to partner with an emergency response data platform, RapidSOS, to utilize more accurate location information for the purposes of responding to calls. Since then, these location services have already helped emergency responders arrive where they’re needed faster.
Using RapidSOS, Oregon 9-1-1 centers are able to see much more accurate location data of cell phone callers, where in the past they were forced to rely on imprecise location cues from wireless service providers. Now, instead of only being able to see the cell tower a caller is tapping into, call centers are securely delivered data from smartphone GPS technology… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 22, 2021 | Comm Center News
Communications Director Tara Doe presents the Maine EMS for Children Stork Award to Lincoln County Dispatcher Jennifer Gosselin during the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, July 20. (Charlotte Boynton photo)
Lincoln County Communications Director Tara Doe presented the Maine Emergency Medical Services for Children’s Program Stork Awards to dispatchers Jennifer Gosselin and Josiah Winchenbach during the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, July 20.
Maine EMS and Maine EMS for Children program recognizes individuals that perform a field delivery of a newborn baby with a stork pin, pink for female newborn and blue for male newborns. Individual’s eligibility includes EMS providers, public safety personnel, firefighters, police officers, and dispatchers when instructions are provided during the delivery by phone…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 22, 2021 | Comm Center News
JACKSON COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) – The Jackson County Commission recently approved upgrades for the communications tower at the courthouse.
Emergency Management Director Paul Smith said commissioners will pay for the upgrades, which will replace outdated equipment and help all first responders.
The most recent antenna tower was placed at the Jackson County Courthouse in 2009.
It houses technology for every public safety agency in the county to communicate when responding to emergencies…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 22, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Inteliquent, Inc., the largest independent voice communications provider in the United States, continues to improve the next generation 911 landscape with the launch of their NG911 Location Agent. With this new fully i3 compliant solution for Originating Service Providers (OSPs), Next Generation Core Services (NGCS) providers and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), Inteliquent greatly simplifies the management of complex location and multimedia data delivery in i3 capable markets.
Public safety professionals developed the i3 architecture as a standard for defining network components and protocols required to interface and ensure smooth interoperability in NG911 environments. Inteliquent’s NG911 Location Agent will provide organizations generating NG911 Requests for Assistance (RFAs) access to i3 data delivery. This streamlines connectivity to NGCS providers and delivers robust, context-rich data and multimedia to i3 PSAPs in a secure, resilient manner…
