by ECC Editor | May 4, 2021 | Comm Center News
Scotts Bluff County commissioners could decide in the coming weeks how the county would like to proceed on radio and communications center improvements.
On Monday, April 19, Scotts Bluff County Commissioner Mark Harris had been among the audience members as the 911 advisory committee met and discussed costly upgrades that are proposed for the county’s communications centers. Upgrading the county’s communications system is estimated at $7.2 million, and local entities, such as police and fire departments within the county, would be responsible for purchasing their own radio equipment. Harris outlined those discussions to commissioners during Monday’s meeting… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | May 4, 2021 | Comm Center News
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte’s City Manager revealed details in his proposed budget Monday.
The proposed $2.7 billion budget does not include a tax increase, but it does introduce several new programs, and moves funding away from some familiar projects.
The city is not moving forward with a joint communications center in north Charlotte because it is no longer needed. Instead, the tens of millions of dollars slated for it will go to fire infrastructure, finishing the Cross Charlotte Trail and Charlotte’s Strategic Energy Plan… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | May 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
BILLINGS — A fault in a computer system was the reason why an emergency alert message planned to be broadcast to a one-block radius in the Billings Heights was instead sent to everyone in Yellowstone County Monday morning, said KC Williams, director of Yellowstone County Disaster and Emergency Services.Law enforcement officers reached out to the county emergency services department to send a message telling residents in a one-block area to shelter in place due to a hostage situation happening on the 300 block of Stillwater Lane. Instead of the one-block area, the entire county got the message: “Law enforcement issue. Please shelter in place until further notice”. It was sent out to county cell phones, televisions and radios at 8:15 a.m.“Obviously, it causes a lot of confusion. Obviously, that caused some people to not exactly know what to do and quite honestly it was a problem. I guess the good news is it’s better to notify too many people than two little, but unfortunately it went to the entire county and that was a problem with the system that we just identified today,” Williams said.
by AllThingsECC.com | May 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
The Box Butte County and Alliance Police Department dispatch centers are considering combining, according to discussions during the Box Butte County Commissioners’ April 26 meeting.
Box Butte County Sheriff Tammy Mowry was on the agenda to discuss Box Butte County emergency dispatchers.
Mowry and County Attorney Terry Curtiss both explained to the board how consolidating the Box Butte County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center with the Alliance Police Department Dispatchers would be beneficial for both entities..
by ECC Editor | May 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
FORT SILL, Oklahoma (April 30, 2021) — When a 911 telephone call is made from a Fort Sill 442- or 558- prefix, the emergency call now goes directly to the Directorate of Emergency Services’ Emergency Communications Center (ECC).
In the past, these calls went to the city of Lawton dispatch center at the Great Plains Technology Center. There, Fort Sill General Schedule (GS) dispatchers manned a military police terminal and relayed emergency information to the installation. Although the Fort Sill dispatchers’ job was to focus on installation emergency services, with the volume of calls received it was sometimes difficult to discern if the call was for a post or city emergency, said Hilaree Straka, DES Emergency Communications Division chief… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | May 3, 2021 | Comm Center News
(ABC4) – Law enforcement across the Beehive State are asking communities two questions: who are you going to call when faced with an incident? and do you know when to do so?
According to the Logan Cache Police Department, when dealing with an incident that involves immediate danger that is when you should dial 911.
“It’s so important to be educated on the Do’s and Don’ts of calling 9-1-1,” they add… READ MORE
