by ECC Editor | Jul 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
ORLANDO, Fla. – The city of Orlando 911 Communication Center is experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19 after 16 employees tested positive for the virus, city officials confirmed.
City officials said those who tested positive are currently self-isolating and six employees are in quarantine due to possible exposure or are experiencing symptoms.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that only one of the infected workers is vaccinated… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dayton became the latest U.S. city to introduce plans for an alternative policing system to handle certain calls relating to people in mental health crises.
The western Ohio city approved a $150,000 contract last week with a Washington, D.C.-based company, tasking them with data analysis of emergency calls made to the department, making recommendations and meeting with community stakeholders, Dayton Daily News reported Monday.
The process in partnership with Dignity Best Practices will happen over the next six months during which the city will evaluate whether a mental health professional or social worker could be better responders than Dayton police officers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
ABBEVILLE, Ala. (WTVY) – Henry County leaders and law enforcement officials are divided on where they want to see the county’s communication center located.
On Monday, News 4 caught up with Henry County Sheriff Will Maddox. Maddox expressed his plans for the county’s dispatch center.
“There’s nobody in Henry County that wants a central dispatch anymore than I do,” Sheriff Maddox said.
Maddox said he wants to keep the county’s 911 dispatch center in the city of Abbeville. Improvements to the Henry County Courthouse Annex Building are well underway for that purpose…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
Jul. 13—The Aiken City Council on Monday approved leasing land behind the city’s police headquarters to S.C. Educational Television, clearing the way for the construction of a new telecommunications tower there and the disassembly of an older one at the abandoned Aiken County hospital complex.
The lease marks a significant step forward for the long-discussed tower project, which officials have acknowledged, in one form or another, has often moved at a sluggish pace.
“This has been a long time coming,” City Council member Lessie Price said Monday. “I am excited. We should all be. It’s taken a long time.”
City Council preliminarily approved the lease in late June, teeing up Monday’s unanimous vote…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
Sherri Kemp is a 911 dispatcher at MedStar in Fort Worth. MedStar already trains its staff on how to coach bystanders to administer chest-only CPR. She says her training involves keeping callers calm and walking them through the instructions step by step.
“The dispatcher tells the caller exactly what to do, where to place the hand and then they will stay on the phone and count the compressions with the caller,” she said.
The rate of chest compression matters. Matt Zavadsky at MedStar says all operators count each compression with the callers.
“The rate of compressions needs to be about two compressions, every second, so you’ll hear songs like ’Staying Alive’ by the Bee Gees,” Zavadsky said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
Marshall County Fiscal Court took a recess during its July 6 meeting to tour the E911 facility. Director Chris Freeman welcomed the court, along with many others, and gave a presentation on how it would greatly benefit Marshall County’s emergency infrastructure.
Freeman went over many positive aspects of the controversial facility, which he purports will solve many, if not all, of Marshall County’s emergency communications issues. Throughout the presentation, he stated that the 911 center goes beyond a regular dispatch center, and is a “game changer.”
“Again, this is not a dispatch center, it’s not a 911 center. It’s an emergency communications center, with hopes of regionalization in the future,” Freeman said…
