by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
REDDING — The town’s emergency departments hope to have a new radio system up and running by the end of the month to enhance their communication with one another and eliminate safety risks.
Redding started the multi-year, multi-million-dollar improvement years ago when officials realized their current system was outdated and inhibited communication between emergency personnel departments.
We “couldn’t buy them, couldn’t fix them,” said Fire Commissioner Bennett Pardee, adding that “put us in a real spot.”
“We got every last nickel out of the old stuff and it’s time,” he added…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 16, 2021 | Comm Center News
Many in the call center are working up to 16-hour shifts to cover for short staffing, and employees with disciplinary actions against them are continuing to work.
TOLEDO, Ohio — We all hope we never have to call 911, but if we do, we expect someone will answer the call fast.
But there is growing concern that’s not happening in Lucas County, according to more than five 911 dispatchers and call takers who spoke anonymously with WTOL 11.
“You can’t slack on any call, because no call is typical,” said one 911 call-taker…
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
