by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
What’s the news? Hunterdon County’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet network expansion currently underway by AT&T*. We’ve added a new, purpose-built cell site– located in Bethlehem Township around Charlestown Road. This new site is giving first responders on FirstNet – America’s public safety network – access to always-on, 24-hours-a-day priority and preemption across voice and data…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
For nearly 28 years, Deanna Wells, the IT CAD vendor manager at the Cowlitz County 911 call center, has heard about the need to move from their current location — below the flood plain — in the Kelso Hall of Justice basement.
On Monday, March 1, construction broke ground for the long-awaited project at 2790 Ocean Beach Highway on the east side of Lowe’s…
by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
Moore County’s increasing population is driving up public safety costs across the area. When the Board of Commissioners met for its annual winter summit last week, in advance of the upcoming budget season, law enforcement and fire protection funding requests were at the forefront.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields also presented requests for additional staffing, including a full-time telecommunicator, support for a K9 narcotics and tracking officer, and a new deputy… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
SOLON, OH — Marra Wargo may have never anticipated that her prior experience working at a veterinarian clinic would pay dividends in her current role as a Chagrin Valley dispatcher.
But it’s not every day that a local resident calls 911 saying that her dog is having difficulty breathing after choking on a bone. Enter Wargo, who was lauded by Chagrin County officials for her quick thinking and for going beyond the call of duty for her assistance in helping the woman who called seeking help for her dog last month…
by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
Shirley Ryan had just left the house to go to the store on Saturday when she got a call about her daughter that no mother wants to get.
“Ten minutes after I went out, her husband called me and said ‘She coded. She’s dead,’” Ryan said.
The previous night, Ryan’s daughter Pamela Cooper, 49, had worked a shift of more than 15 hours at Phoenix’s 911 dispatch center. Cooper was a 20-year veteran of the dispatch center, but it was her first week back after six weeks recovering from COVID-19…. READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2021 | Comm Center News
The baritone voice of Ray Richards will be heard just a bit less by the public going forward, as he was one of two Scotts Bluff County employees retiring at the end of February.
Richards stepped down after 13 years as 911 County Communications Director on Friday, with county staff saying good-bye with a reception for both him and Mark Sinner, who has had a long career in criminal justice in the county… READ MORE
