by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
FOXBOROUGH – Built in 1960 to transmit telephone and television signals nationwide, the High Rock site surrounded by conservation land is now home to a state-of-the art emergency communication center.
The large, long-vacant cement building in Foxborough was recently transformed into the new $8.7 million Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Emergency Communication Center (SEMRECC). The center provides emergency dispatching for the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional 911 District. The district, formed in 2017, includes Easton, Foxborough, Mansfield and Norton. The four towns created a regional district to improve service and cut costs…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
In honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 12 through 17, UT Health East Texas EMS is recognizing the pivotal role its emergency dispatchers play every day. Working from UT Health East Texas EMS headquarters in Tyler, a team of 27 dispatchers is responsible for answering emergency calls for EMS services within Smith, Cherokee, Camp, Rusk, Henderson, Wood and Upshur counties. On average, the UT Health East Texas EMS Communications Center handles more than 80,000 calls a year…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
After years of development, the city of Santa Fe is preparing to launch a new emergency response unit with a goal of alleviating the workload of the police and fire departments and providing better support to community members in crisis.
The Alternative Response Unit will be a multidepartment unit composed of a police officer, a paramedic, a behavioral health caseworker and a social worker to address low-threat 911 calls in which someone may need help rather than a jail cell. The unit will begin operating May 4 on a schedule of two days a week, with hopes of expanding this summer, Santa Fe fire Chief Paul Babcock said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
PULLMAN, WA — KLEW News features local community heroes every Friday to honor those in our community who strive to make it a better place.
The week of April 12-18 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Here and across the country they have been honored for the work they do on the other end of that 911 call.
This week’s Community Heroes are the dispatchers at Whitcom Regional 911 Dispatch Center…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 20, 2021 | Comm Center News
ARLINGTON, Texas, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — North Texas citizens dialing 9-1-1 may soon begin receiving text messages from the 9-1-1 telecommunicator with a link to pinpoint their location. This feature is one of the tools included with a new dispatch map that has been implemented throughout the North Central Texas Emergency Communications District’s 13-county region.
The new map provides GIS-based data to 9-1-1 telecommunicators. The map features tools like enhanced location, which sends a link to mobile devices that callers can click to send their enhanced location to the telecommunicator…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 19, 2021 | Comm Center News
PARKERSBURG — The Wood and Wirt County 911 Center recently recognized outstanding performances by its employees over the last two years, after the awards for 2019 were postponed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,
The 2019 Dispatcher of the Year was two-year veteran Sammy Scalise, while four-year employee Alisha Gallagher took the honor for 2020. The recipients are chosen by the dispatcher staff…
