by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
Thanks to funding from the Public Safety Communications Research Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab and its partner, KSM Consulting, will administer a series of competitions for companies, entrepreneurs and students to find the best solution for indoor 3D tracking for first responders.
“Tracking is a huge problem for first responders,” said David Wild, a professor in the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering and director of the lab…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
Surrey RCMP telecommunications operators last year talked to more than 305,000 people who called for police service, generating more than 200,000 operational files.
The call volume is down slightly from the previous year — and it might have something to do with the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We actually had a bit less (call volume) in 2020 than in 2019,” Surrey RCMP Cpl. Elenore Sturko told the Now-Leader on Monday (April 12)…
by ECC Editor | Apr 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
FRANKFORT – Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police (KSP) are taking time this week to acknowledge and celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 11-17), a time set aside to recognize the more than 200,000 individuals throughout the United States who play critical roles in the delivery of public safety services… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
Sheriff Bill Brown, along with the members of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, will be celebrating and thanking dispatchers and call-takers during Nation Public Safety Communications Week, April 11-17.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff dispatchers and call-takers provide dispatching services, 9-1-1 call taking and non-emergency call taking, and support for Santa Barbara County Sheriff, Santa Barbara County Fire and American Medical Response for the areas served by those agencies…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
HOLBROOK — Director Steve Hooke wishes to recognize the public safety dispatchers of the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center (HRECC) during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
During the week of April 11-17, public safety agencies take time to reflect on the critical role telecommunications professionals play in supporting first responders. The week, sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International, honors the thousands of men and women across the country who respond to emergency calls, dispatch first responders and equipment, and render life-saving assistance to residents…
by AllThingsECC.com | Apr 13, 2021 | Comm Center News
(ABC4) – This week pays tribute to a silent but significant job in the life-saving field: emergency dispatchers.
Utah Law enforcement sheds appreciation on all emergency dispatchers out in field every year on the third week of April.
“As you wake up in the morning and prepare yourself for the day, please take the time to remember those that are there and ready when you need them most,” writes Central Utah 911...
