by AllThingsECC.com | May 28, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
FCC commissioners this week released an order that grants a request from the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), indefinitely suspending the 4.9 GHz rules passed last year that would have let states lease the longtime public-safety spectrum to commercial entities.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington delivered the three supporting votes for the stay order, which will stay in place for an indefinite period of time while the commission deliberate on petitions for reconsideration for the 4.9 GHz order that was approved last fall. At that time, the Republican FCC led by Chairman Ajit Pai passed the measure in a 3-2 party-line vote…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News
HUNTINGDON (May 18) — Carroll County Emergency Communications District Board of Directors (911 Board) were notified by Kristy Meggs, director, the district purchased the 28 acres of land adjacent to the headquarters on Dillahunty Lane. The price was $36,500 for the tract.
During the May 18 meeting at the Dispatch Center on the campus of the Carroll County Jail, Meggs recommended the board postpone any consideration to construct a new headquarters on that property. Earlier, the board chose to pursue construction of a headquarters with a hardened area to withstand storms. Meggs said Benton County 911 recently opened bids for a 2,800 square-foot headquarters and the price was $1.4 million…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News, Report
Hertford Town Council released a study Monday suggesting the cost of contracting law enforcement services through the Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office could save the Town hundreds of thousands of dollars per year versus continuing to operate a separate police department.During a forum Monday, Mayor Pro Tem Ashley Hodges presented the study that suggests that the sheriff’s office can provide law enforcement protection for the town’s 2,100 citizens.The Hertford Police Department is down to two officers — a quarter the number of officers it employed during much of 2020.The purpose of the forum was to update citizens on a proposal by town officials to study dissolving the Hertford Police Department and consolidating its operations with the Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News
By Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter
Durham, N.C. — Records obtained by WRAL Investigates show staffing shortages at Durham’s 911 center have delayed emergency response times by as much as 13 minutes this year.
Firefighters routinely report issues with 911 dispatches to city officials, and WRAL obtained details of those reports late Monday following a public records request. More than 40 incidents have been recorded during the first four months of this year
At least a third of the incidents were linked staffing problems at the 911 center, which has forced the city to route almost 10 percent of its calls to the Raleigh-Wake County 911 center…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News
Communications board digs into Christmas bombing outage
In the wake of the Nashville Christmas bombing that disrupted regional telecom service, the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board (TECB) has been working with AT&T to ensure a more resilient 911 network.
When a bomb inside an RV parked outside AT&T’s downtown Nashville switching facility went off, it disrupted internet, phone and wireless services as far away as Kentucky and Alabama. The explosion caused voice and data service outages for 911 call centers, businesses, hospitals, the Nashville airport, government offices and individual mobile users. FirstNet, the nationwide, wireless public-safety broadband network operated by AT&T, was also affected…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News
Newly released audio recordings detail the conversation between a Tulsa County dispatcher and a man armed with a gun, who barricaded himself inside his home with two other people last week in Berryhill.
The dispatcher convinced the man to put down his gun and surrender to Tulsa County Deputies. The 911 call shows that the dispatcher who handled the call was able to stay calm and build rapport with the suspect, Roger Gray, which made all the difference in keeping everyone safe.
Suspect: “Tell them to come in here.”
Dispatcher: “They are not going to come into the house. Because we don’t know what situation we are walking into….
