by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 30, 2021 | Comm Center News
The 911 call center is looking for a dispatcher. Applicant must have excellent communication skills, both written and oral and must have good typing skills. Typing test required with a successful score of 35 net words per minute. Applicant must be able to pass a background investigation and pre-employment drug testing. Applicant must have valid MT driver’s license and a high school diploma or GED equivalent. Will receive emergency calls and dispatch emergency services providers such as law enforcement, fire, and ambulance. Incumbent will work various days and shifts…
by ECC Editor | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) – Dispatch is a critical part of any emergency service. But until the new communications center opened at the Pass Christian Police Department last July, dispatch was operated by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office and shared with the D’Iberville Police Department.
“Harrison County did a very good job for a very long time with being able to manage three agencies,” said Connie Hall, the Pass Christian Police Department’s communication supervisor… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston County Public Safety Directorate on Friday received a new Unified Mobile Command Unit (UMC).
The $1.4 million unit is 48 feet long and “has four slide out features.”
It is fit with “a full camera system, remote camera system, one FLIR camera and other advanced computerized technology that will be beneficial during search and rescue incidents.”
Capacity wise, the UMC can house four 9-1-1 call takers and two supervisors, and is equipped with a conference room that can hold 11 people… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
Text messages between Alachua County’s top two officials link federal CARES Act money intended for distribution to municipal governments to a separate dispute with the city of Gainesville over funding for emergency dispatch services.
City officials say it’s an unfair ploy to use that federal money as leverage, a claim that county officials deny…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
Faced with a terrifying emergency, Patty Mead expected to get help when she called 911.
But it was not to be.
Because there is no cell service where Mead lives, she went and grabbed her land-line phone and came back. She called 911 and reached a dispatcher, but no help was to be found…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
According to the latest update on the development of the work within the 3GPP on critical communications earlier this month (hosted by the TCCA), Chairman of 3GPP RAN Balasz Bertenyi said that the technology move from 4G to 5G is not really such a big jump. The biggest challenge for the critical communications community and people that are active in the public safety environment, is to move from digital narrowband to 4G,….and it doesn’t matter from whatever system (TETRA, TETRAPOL or P25) you are migrating from…
