by ECC Editor | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Department of Homeland Security has selected San Antonio-based SecureLogix to proceed with the second phase of a cybersecurity architecture designed to protect multimedia content in Next Generation 9-1-1 emergency communication systems.
SecureLogix received the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award after the software company completed feasibility demonstration work, DHS said Wednesday.
The goal of the project is to secure images, voice and videos using a platform that supports DHS’ emergency communications cybersecurity center concept… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
EBENSBURG — Cambria County’s Emergency Management Director will soon have new shoes to fill.
Art Martynuska, who has been in charge of emergency services in Cambria County for the past three years, was named the acting deputy director of 911 Thursday following the retirement of longtime director Robbin Melnyk.
Martynuska will hold both titles of emergency management and 911 director, and he is set to receive an additional $1,000 per month in compensation while he serves in the interim…
by ECC Editor | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Centre County 9-1-1 received 565 calls in four hours during Wednesday’s thunderstorms. Dispatchers were answering just over two calls per minute, all while facing an employee shortage.
“9-1-1 is suffering manpower problems across the state and across the nation,” said Norm Spackman II, director of Centre County 9-1-1. “Seems like less people are less interested in working in 9-1-1 centers.”
He said their work is essential, and it takes brave, level-headed individuals… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
MINNEAPOLIS — As Hennepin EMS gets set to unveil its new blue uniforms, after decades of showing up at emergency scenes in their trademark “UPS brown,” the paramedics union on Wednesday argued that the change could potentially put lives at risk by making medics look even more like police officers than before.
While the agency’s leadership said the move was intended to avoid confusion, in reality the new blue uniforms “failed to separate (union) members from law enforcement,” said a statement by Hennepin County Association of Paramedics and EMTs (HCAPE), which represents some local paramedics and dispatchers… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
WILBRAHAM — The town is now dispatching emergency services for Hampden and Wilbraham.
As of midnight on June 30, Hampden’s dispatch operation “went dark,” said Town Administrator Bob Markel. The transition of the Hampden operation to Wilbraham has been a gradual one as the future of emergency dispatch services has been debated multiple times over the past few years. This past year, the board began exploring its options more closely as costs to maintain its dispatch totaled nearly $450,000 per year…
by ECC Editor | Jul 9, 2021 | Comm Center News
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – First responders are recognized for helping save the life of a Vietnam-era Veteran whose house caught fire.
The Tupelo Fire Department, Tupelo Police Department, Lee County E 9 1 1, and NMCC’s Emergency Services were honored during a ceremony at the Tupelo Police department.
The first responders were dispatched to a fire at the home of Dennis McCullough. He called 9 1 1 during the early morning hours of February 6, 2020, to report a fire in his house.
McCullough was told to stay in his bedroom because his way of escape through his hallway was blocked by the blaze… READ MORE
