NEWARK – Licking County announced its launch of a service allowing the Licking County Regional Communication Center to receive emergency information via text messages.
According to Nathan Bryan, Licking County Regional Communication Center Operations Manager, discussions about adding Text-to-911 as a service in Licking County began in August. A grant covered a portion of the start-up cost, he said, which covered the purchase of routers needed to ensure texts come through from the caller…
WALLINGFORD — It was about 1 a.m. at the Police Department dispatch center some three years ago and Jennifer Nastri was feeling impish.
Her boss, Capt. Richard Homestead, announced to the officers and dispatchers arrayed around the room that he was about to go on break, and did anybody want anything from Dunkin’? …
A 911 dispatcher receiving a frantic call for help needs to quickly assess what’s happening and make the right decision on what needs to be done.
“Dispatchers are essential to public safety,” says Rep. Spencer Igo (R-Grand Rapids).
He sponsors a proposal to establish a statewide working group to recommend minimum training and set continuing education standards for certification of 911 telecommunicators…
Firefighters’ RF devices and remote speaker microphones will have to pass unprecedented durability testing and include a data-logging capability—similar to a “black box” on an airplane—to achieve certification under the new standard published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
NFPA is well known for developing fire-safety standards for citizens and firefighters, but the NFPA 1802 standard that was published in January is the organization’s first that addresses the performance of RF devices—typically, two-way radios—and RSMs, according to Don Griffis, one of the L3Harris representatives who served on the technical committee that developed the standard…
yto Athene was awarded a NETCENTS 2 task order to provide enhanced 911 sustainment services, hardware sustainment and digital logging recorder (DLR) sustainment services at multiple sites for the US Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). The contract also includes continuous operations relating to all E911 and associated systems as follows… READ MORE
MALONE — A dispatcher from Franklin County Emergency Services at Bare Hill Road was recently recognized for his work from the dispatch center during a medical call in Fort Covington, and was presented with a lifesaver pin.
Emergency 911 dispatcher Chandler Shatraw was recognized for his efforts in walking a caller through CPR, helping the caller assist the patient before EMS arrived.
According to Sandi Nichols, a senior communications specialist, the medical call took place at 4:26 p.m. Jan. 28 in Fort Covington. Shatraw received a call from an individual whose brother had collapsed on the floor and was not conscious…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
