by AllThingsECC.com | May 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
For most of us, the last thing we’d expect to hear when dialing 911 is a familiar voice. But that’s exactly what happened during an emergency in Nebraska last week. It’s given some childhood friends another incredible memory. “I’ve never heard of anything like that happening,” Jenny Peoples said. “It was kind of a one-in-a-million chance for it to happen.”Tuesday started as a normal day for Peoples, a dispatcher for Sarpy County.”I got there and it was the first phone call I took of the day,” Peoples said.Near Gretna, Nebraska, Jena Eggebraaten had just gone into labor as her fourth child was eager to come into the world.”It’s taken like six hours, so I was like ‘oh, we’ve got time, my dad’s on his way up,’ and nope,” Eggebraaten said…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
LOWELL — After a 32-year career fielding countless emergency calls ranging from complaints of loud music to women in labor, the city’s lead dispatcher Denise Pelletier signed off for the final time on May 15 and delved into the retired life.
Pelletier could probably write a book about the experiences she had. As she points out, when the phone rings, you never know what is going to be on the other end of the line.
That sentiment is well known by anyone who spends time listening to the emergency radio broadcast…
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…
