by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
Lawmakers in Texas are taking steps to help 911 and EMS professionals save more lives. Texas recently passed House Bill 786, which ensures all Texas 911 dispatchers are trained in the delivery of high-quality T-CPR.1
Telecommunicator-CPR is the process by which a 911 dispatcher coaches a caller through the process of bystander CPR while first responders are on their way. In the case of sudden cardiac arrest, dispatcher-assisted CPR is crucial and triples the chance of survival…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
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Responsibilities:
- Implements, directs and guides dispatch services
- Answers emergency and non-emergency calls for service
- Receives and records information and requests for
police/security services in a computerized database
- Dispatches field personnel according to need and priority of
the request for service
- Transmits and receives radio calls from field units via two-way
radio…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
SWEETWATER COUNTY — Sweetwater County residents will have the chance to vote on a 1 percent general purpose tax proposition in November in a special election.
The Sweetwater County Board of Commissioners, the City of Green River, Town of Superior, Town of Wamsutter and the Town of Granger all passed, approved, and adopted resolutions to place the tax initiative on a November 2, 2021 ballot.
For the resolution to go out to the public in a special election, it needed to be approved by 50 percent of the municipalities and incorporated towns in Sweetwater County have to approve it…
by ECC Editor | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
Alexandria, VA – The Association of Public-Safety Communications Professionals (APCO) International has announced Deann MacLeod of Kingman, Arizona has graduated from the prestigious Certified Public-Safety Executive (CPE) Program. Deann MacLeod serves as Communications Center Manager for Kingman 911 Communications Center.
The CPE Program was established in 2016 and was designed to elevate professionalism, enhance individual performance and recognize excellence in the public safety communications industry. Participants may be managers, supervisors, agency executives or others whose work and life experiences have motivated them to learn the necessary skills to successfully lead organizations within the complex and ever-changing environment in which public safety agencies operate… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 15, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
AUSTIN, Texas, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In 2012 Joan Lantz called 9-1-1 on her cell phone. She died in her apartment in Rock Hill, South Carolina because 9-1-1 operators could not locate her. In 2020 Sheila Sheppard died in her Washington DC residence because the address of her emergency did not appear on the 9-1-1 operator’s screen. Every year there are countless tragic stories like these. Over the past 10 months calls to 9-1-1 have increased dramatically to exceed pre-pandemic levels and over 80% of those calls are from cell phones; as a result an increasing number of Americans are becoming aware of a serious problem. When 9-1-1 is called from a cell phone the call taker does not receive your address, 9-1-1 doesn’t know your location. Even in ideal circumstances where there is a high density of cell towers and the most advanced public safety technology, 9-1-1 can only identify that you’re in an area ranging from 25,000 to 27,000,000 square feet. Real Safe 911, a new app and system from Real Safe Brands, has solved this critical location issue. When you call emergency services using Real Safe 911, the 9-1-1 operator will automatically receive your current address. Real Safe 911 works over the existing 9-1-1 infrastructure, and with every 9-1-1 system in the US and Canada… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
Elected officials are bringing “next generation” emergency communication technology to the region, and that benefits everyone who finds themselves in an emergency and the first responders sent to help.
The Union County Commissioners voted to join the internet-based “Next Generation 911” (NG911) system last week and Snyder County Commissioner Joe Kantz said his board was planning to vote on the plan this week to integrate the technology into the Central Susquehanna Regional 911 Center, which serves all of Union and Snyder counties and the northern portion of Northumberland County…
