by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
Two of the Loveland Police Department’s dispatch team members have taken their appreciation for their positions to the next level, launching a podcast to talk about their job as dispatchers and further educate the community on what they do.
During her training in 2019, communications specialist Sami Pohl said she was so interested in podcasts that she decided she wanted to make one of her own. But the ideas that friends were giving her were just not sticking…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dispatchers with the Shelby County Fire Department have received additional training to deal with the mental health issues brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Shelby County Fire Department said this week 16 dispatchers received nationally recognized training to handle a wide variety of mental health, behavioral emergency, and suicide calls…
by ECC Editor | Feb 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
FAIRFIELD — The dispatch partnership between the town and Westport is still on track, but will cost about $1.1 million more than originally anticipated.
The project is now expected to cost about $4 million, up from the initial $2.9 million. The increase is largely due to technology and a new location, said Jared Schmidt, Fairfield’s chief financial officer… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
The largest city in western Massachusetts has finished a project to improve its response to emergencies.
A new consolidated centralized 911 dispatch center has become operational for the Springfield Police and Fire Departments.
The opening of the facility, which has the latest emergency communications equipment, is a great step for the city of Springfield, said Fire Commissioner Bernard Calvi… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
SECAUCUS, NJ — On Friday, March 5, the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) will examine all aspects of the Secaucus Police Department’s Public Safety Emergency Communications Center (commonly known as dispatch), including policies and procedures, management, operations and how dispatchers and the police interact with the public… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Feb 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — After Betty Morrison, 71, called 911, she waited nearly 11 minutes for help to arrive at her door. By the time Warrensville Heights firefighters arrived, she had no pulse.
Dispatch recordings revealed firefighters responded to the wrong house.
Even more troubling, a Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff’s Office investigation found the incident wasn’t the first time Warrensville Heights emergency workers made this type of critical mistake… READ MORE
