by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 26, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
So I’m pretty sure we have akk “butt dialed” someone, somewhere, sometime. Maybe even many times. Usually no harm, no foul, right?
Now this brings to light a recent Facebook post from the Maine Department of Public Safety Communications department that has many people upset.
The issue is with 9-1-1 hang up calls and the domino effect of those calls. It appears this is mostly an Apple iPhone issue as Apple has recently added a feature that makes it easy to make an emergency call by simply holding two buttons together at the same time…
by ECC Editor | Jun 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
Raptor Technologies, the leading provider of school safety software, has been selected by seven Florida counties as the mobile panic alert provider to meet the Alyssa’s Law requirement for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. The Polk, Sarasota, Charlotte, Nassau, Gadsden, Holmes, and Bradford County school districts have selected Raptor to provide a mobile panic alert system connecting school staff directly to first responders. These districts represent nearly 200,000 students and over 450 schools in counties that are currently using Raptor’s market leading Visitor Management safety software. In addition, over 90 charter and private schools across the state have chosen Raptor Alert. Raptor expects to announce its selection by several more districts in advance of the 2021-2022 school year.
Alyssa’s Law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in June of 2020, requires all Florida public schools to have a mobile panic alarm system. The law was named in honor of Alyssa Alhadeff, who was killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
Local Sheriff’s offices are seeing an increase in accidental 911 calls. It’s creating a drain on resources.
So far this month, the Langlade County Emergency Dispatch has gotten more than 159 accidental 911 calls and more than 700 so far this year.
Langlade County Sheriff Mark Westen didn’t have the exact numbers of how big of an increase that was to past years.
“It was enough of an increase that the dispatch supervisor advised that there was concern,” said Westen…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced the expansion of the FirstNet broadband communications platform’s deployable network assets to support public safety personnel during emergency response efforts.
The company said Thursday the expansion provides law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical service personnel and other first responders access to over 100 FirstNet portable cell sites to deliver communications support during the 2021 hurricane and wildfire seasons.
“We’ve expanded the FirstNet fleet to provide even more portable cell sites, as well as to introduce new types of assets to help public safety stay mission ready,” said Jason Porter, president of public sector and FirstNet at AT&T….
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
Land leases for three towers in Orwell, Smithfield and Wysox townships were approved by Bradford County Commissioners Thursday as part of an effort to improve emergency communications in areas where it has been lacking.
According to Public Safety and Planning Director Matt Williams, two other towers are currently in development in Troy Township and at Mt. Pisgah County Park, while officials look for additional sites in Ridgebury Township and the Camptown area.
“While we’re doing this, we’re building these towers heavy enough that we will be able to lease space on them to cell providers to enhance cell phone communications in more remote areas of our county which, again, has a public safety aspect,” Commissioner Chairman Daryl Miller said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jun 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
GEORGETOWN — Chief Donald C. Cudmore and the Georgetown Police Department announce the retirement of Communications Dispatcher Lucille Manning after more than three decades of dedicated service to the community.
Dispatcher Manning was hired in 1987 in the Georgetown Communications Center, which serves the Town’s 9-1-1 system for the Police and Fire Departments and assists in all communications for non-emergency Town departments.
Dispatcher Manning served as a member of the Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention Team for many years and is responsible for the Department’s Domestic Violence Program…
