by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 15, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Green Bay Police Department (GBPD) is the main law enforcement agency for the Green Bay Packers professional football games. Although Green Bay is a city of 105,000 people, nearly 80,000 fans show up to the stadium on gamedays during normal times. At games with large crowds, officers have struggled using commercial networks to communicate.
“Prior to FirstNet, we couldn’t get text messages to our officers,” said Paul Ebel, Green Bay Police’s Investigative Commander who oversees special events, including all home Packers games. “The FirstNet devices totally outperform what we had.”
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by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
Mountain Valley Emergency Communications Center (MVECC) becomes first public safety answering point in New Jersey and Northeast to accept Incident Related Imagery (IRI) from 9-1-1 callers through Motorola Solutions CommandCentral Citizen Input integration
Mountain Valley Emergency Communications Center (MVECC), a regional public safety answering point serving the communities of New Providence, Summit, and Millburn, New Jersey, announces the implementation of Motorola Solutions CommandCentral Citizen Input, an application which will allow 9-1-1 callers to send pictures and video or “Incident Related Imagery” from an emergency scene to first responders through the 9-1-1 system. MVECC is the first public safety answering point in the state and the first in the northeastern part of the nation to operationalize this new public safety solution…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 15, 2021 | Comm Center News
EDWARDSVILLE — Local first responders have formed a committee to look at radio operability issues, according to Madison County Emergency Management Director Tony Falconio.
At the Madison County Board’s Public Safety Committee meeting on Monday, Falconio noted issues range from different communications systems to multiple 911 call centers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. – A Sheboygan County dispatcher on Thursday, Jan. 14 took a “not so routine” 911 call, helping to deliver a baby over the phone.
In a Facebook post, the Sheboygan County Emergency Communications Center said the dispatcher — identified only as Communications Officer Chris — took the call around 9:15 a.m…
by ECC Editor | Jan 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A first responder raised concerns about staffing at the Durham 911 call center and CBS 17 continues to investigate.
The city, which runs the center, said the staffing shortage is due to a COVID-19 outbreak. But CBS 17 is learning there’s more to it than that.
Going into this week, director of the Durham Emergency Communications Center, Randy Beeman said they had 30 open positions or were at about 50% of its staff… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
Ripon’s dispatch center may be staying put after the Ripon Common Council voted 5-3 Tuesday against moving the dispatch center to Fond du Lac County, but it will be brought up again at the next Common Council meeting.
That’s because Ald. Jim Werch, who voted against moving the dispatch center to Fond du Lac County Tuesday, requested the issue be reconsidered at the next meeting, which is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 25… READ MORE
