by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
Chillicothe/Livingston County E-911 Coordinator Cindy Hanavan applied for and received two grants in 2020 through the Office of Homeland Security/Department of Public Safety for the Next Generation 911. The Chillicothe Police Department reports the federal grants will pay 60% of the total cost of the project, and the city/county pays the other 40%. The total cost of the grants is $63,825. The City of Chillicothe and Livingston County will be responsible for $38,295…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
City of Lithonia officials announced that residents can sign up for real-time public safety updates after Lithonia Police Department partnered with Nixle to implement a community notification system.
Lithonia officials said residents who sign up will receive real-time alerts for “localized emergency situations and relevant community advisories.”
All alerts will be targeted geographically—according to city officials—letting residents receive localized, relevant alerts from Lithonia Police Department…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
Each year the South Carolina Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials present the Palmetto Award to a person who reflects exceptional professionalism in the field of emergency communications and inspires others in the field…
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by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
A two way radio for drones from Dotterel Technologies means that drone operators could actually have a two-way conversation with people on the ground.
The sophisticated audio payload allows for communications despite the sound of the drone itself. The applications for a two way radio for drones are tremendous, but Dotterel has started out with one of the most compelling: search and rescue…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2021 | Comm Center News
California 911 centers now can receive vehicle-crash data and injury-severity predictions from OnStar through the RapidDeploy’s RadiusPlus map application that has been installed at the 450 public-safety answering points (PSAPs) in the state, according to an announcement released this week.
Budge Currier, 911 and emergency-communications branch manager for California, said the initiative will enhance the ability for 911 centers to process quickly the considerable amount of telematics information generated by OnStar when a vehicle crash occurs…
by ECC Editor | Mar 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
WINCHESTER — City officials are drafting a fiscal year 2022 budget that will be as much as $8 million less than Winchester’s current spending plan, but that doesn’t mean public safety will be compromised in favor of savings.
Hoffman said eight local government agencies fall under the public safety banner: Winchester’s Sheriff’s Office, Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Police Department, Fire and Rescue Department, Emergency Communications Center, Emergency Management Office and Social Services Office, and the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center. Each of those divisions, as well as a general maintenance fund for their facilities, are proposed to receive more money in FY22 than they did in the current operating budget… READ MORE
