by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
Marion County commissioners said Tuesday that they are looking to CARES Act money as the means of a possible tax break next year for their constituents.
Commissioners agreed to put in a single request for the remaining $34.5 million available through Phase 3 of the CARES Act.
They’ll get reimbursed for payroll related to the jail, EMS, emergency management and public safety communications. The money will go right into the general fund…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
CLEVELAND — It’s a boy!
Heights Hillcrest Communications Center announced in a Facebook post that one of their dispatchers guided a woman through childbirth over the phone.
According to the post, the call came in at approximately 4:43 p.m. on Saturday, November 28th, and told the dispatcher that a woman in the home was in active labor…
by ECC Editor | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News, Report
Without question, 2020 will be remembered as a year of unprecedented change. And while not much has changed about the primary mission of public safety communications, various operational aspects of how they’re performed are having to be reimagined. New constraints and forced flexibility are creating previously unforeseen challenges.
We’re witnessing historic shifts in the ways agencies operate, as well as how they interact with each other and the communities they serve. Read more about the key challenges facing emergency communications centers in light of a year like no other, as well as trends and lessons being learned as a result… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
December 2, 2020 – Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission – and who appears to be considered for elevation to chairman of the agency under President-elect Joe Biden – advocated that the T-Band auction be stopped by Congress and that the status of 911 responders be changed.
Speaking at a conference of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials on Tuesday, Rosenworcel reiterated that there has long been bipartisan support for not having auctions in the T-Band…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Paducah Police Department’s 911 Emergency Communications Division has achieved re-accreditation through the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police, the department announced Tuesday.
The division first was accredited in 2016. The process requires a dispatch center to demonstrate commonly accepted standards for efficient and effective operations. KACP representatives conduct on-site reviews of records, systems and dispatch procedures…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
MANCHESTER, N.H. — In New Hampshire, there is a highly specialized group of first responders who are never seen but are critical to public safety, dispatchers. Officials say it is a top priority to protect them because a COVID-19 outbreak would be devastating. >> Download the free WMUR app. Chief…
