by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News
SPRINGFIELD — Tucked away beside the Effingham Health System complex is a small but vital piece of Effingham County’s first responder network — Lifestar.
Besides being able to get to an accident scene and then to a hospital quickly, Lifestar provide what amounts to an emergency room in a helicopter. Flight Paramedic Jeff Kuehn said it’s like bringing the emergency room to the patients.
When a call comes in through Lifestar dispatch, a team of three — a pilot, flight nurse and a flight paramedic — boards a helicopter and flies to the emergency site. Once there, they work alongside other first responders, whether law enforcement, firefighters or EMS…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News
FALLS CITY – Richardson County commissioners may have found their answer to 911 dispatching dilemmas with the Southeast Communications 911 Center.
Commissioners expressed interest Tuesday in joining the 911 dispatching center in Beatrice to improve service and spread out the cost of upgrading to the next generation 911.
Commissioner John Caverzagie said Tuesday that negotiations with the Falls City City Council have stalled, but Sheriff Rick Hardesty continues to push for the elimination of the current process of calls going to the police station and then being transferred if the emergency is outside of city limits…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
A bipartisan Senate bill would direct the Federal Communications Commission not to sign off on any applications from companies on its national security threats list, including Huawei, after one of the commissioners pushed for a bigger crackdown on Chinese Communist Party-linked companies in the United States.The new legislation, the Secure Equipment Act of 2021, co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Ed Markey, would mandate that the FCC no longer review or approve business requests from entities on the FCC’s designated list, with the Senate offices saying this would “prevent further integration and sales” of Huawei and other Chinese state-backed firms inside the U.S. “regardless of whether federal funds are involved…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 26, 2021 | Comm Center News
Crestwood will lay off three employees in the turnover
Sunset Hills will start providing police dispatching services for neighboring Crestwood this July, after aldermen in both sister cities approved a contract this month that holds neither liable if things go wrong.
The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a $135,000 annual contract May 11 to provide police and 911 dispatching services for the Crestwood Police Department starting in July, while the Crestwood Board of Aldermen also unanimously approved the contract in a special meeting May 18.
The funds could be used for a pay matrix…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 25, 2021 | Comm Center News
Just in 2018, one year after the radio system was purchased, problems began to plague officials. In one instance, a KPD officer who had his firearm drawn was unable to reach dispatch. In another incident that same year, firefighters from the Kokomo Fire Department responded to an incident and lost communication. As a result, firefighters were pulled out and switched over to backup channels before returning to the scene.Now, it seems the issues are rearing their head once more, according to Howard County Sheriff Jerry Asher and Kokomo Police Department Chief Doug Stout.Deputies and officers with both KPD and the sheriff’s office have reported various issues, ranging from not being able to transmit from certain locations to difficulties hearing or understanding orders from the dispatch system. Officials say they are working to find a solution by addressing how issues are reported.According to Stout, KPD officers have reported difficulties in transmitting from certain locations and that he, Asher, and other officials have met to attempt to define what information is needed to diagnose the issues.
by AllThingsECC.com | May 25, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Lori Henricksen, director of the emergency telecommunications program for high schoolers at the Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas (Nevada), discusses the creation of her program and the challenges it presents, as well as the benefits of training teenagers for careers in first response…
