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…
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…
