DRACUT – Some serious, must-fix issues with the new $4.3 million Regional Emergency Dispatch Center are in the process of resolution, according to Dracut Police Chief Peter Bartlett.
The new dispatch center is located in Tewksbury, and the two towns have been sharing its capabilities since it was declared fully operational in November.
However, there have been some “growing pains,” Bartlett said…
Replacing the aging 911 equipment in the Stutsman County Communications Center has been on the to-do list since May 2020. The need for that equipment update became more obvious when it failed for about 24 hours last week, according to Jerry Bergquist, Stutsman County emergency manager and 911 coordinator.
In the past, 911 outages have been caused by cut cables or other disruptions of the connections between the 911 equipment at the Stutsman County Law Enforcement Center and the world…
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) – Botetourt County Fire-EMS is now using a new and improved Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) software.
Dispatchers at the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) are using this software because it helps them ask the right questions and send the appropriate resources.
Nicole Manspile is the Communications Supervisor for the Botetourt County 911 Center. She just began using the center’s new technology…
NORTH PERTH – Voyent Alert, a public alert notification service, has been launched in North Perth.
It is a multi-purpose notification service that will be used to communicate important information to residents. During local emergencies, it will provide trusted, timely and accurate information.
Notifications will be sent for critical events like floods, boil water advisories, and public safety notices, as well as day-to-day communications such as road closures and garbage and recycling updates…
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The Maricopa Police Department’s current headquarters in the city center complex opened in 2013.
The City of Maricopa may close its in-town Emergency Communication Center and contract with the City of Chandler to handle 9-1-1 calls and police and fire dispatch.
City Manager Rick Horst is evaluating the potential cost-saving move.
But the president of the Maricopa Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #78 is objecting to an outside agency possibly replacing the city communication center.
“Simply put, the members of Lodge 78 stand absolutely opposed to this closure,” Curry wrote in an April 23 letter to Mayor Christian Price and the city. “We believe closing the ECC would be short-sighted ‘pennywise and pound foolish’ and – most importantly – that it will absolutely reduce public safety effectiveness in the City of Maricopa…
LISBON — Mixed reactions from fire and police chiefs have yet again halted a decision on a consolidated 911 dispatching center for the county.
County commissioner Tim Weigle brought the issue before the 911 emergency services committee during its Thursday meeting, although the idea of consolidating the five 911 dispatch centers has been in discussion since 2013. Weigle brought the issue back up after Sheriff Brian McLaughlin organized a meeting for public-safety answering point chiefs to discuss their thoughts about the potential consolidation. Despite the meeting, Weigle, who serves as committee chairman, said the issue is still being discussed outside of the committee and he wants everyone involved to weigh in on the decision…
