by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Comm Center News
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Dispatchers with the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office are dressing down to raise awareness and money for charities.
The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office says in a Facebook post that its dispatch has started raising money for a handful of foundations with a program that features “dress down days” throughout the year.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, on Halloween, dispatchers were allowed to dress in costumes and on Thanksgiving they were able to wear their comfy pants for a small donation to the program…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 3, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
FirstNet Timeline It wasn’t until February 2012 that Congress attached the creation of FirstNet to a bill that was signed into law on February 22,…
The post Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Timeline, Resource Pooling, T-Band Repeal, Z-Axis Location Services first appeared on All Things FirstNet.
by ECC Editor | Dec 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Medical Center EMS has successfully completed the 20-step process to reaccredit its Communications Center as an Accredited Center of Excellence.
The Communication Center is the 250th emergency dispatch center in the world to attain the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch status as an Accredited Center of Excellence for its use of the Medical Priority Dispatch System… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Dec 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
Results from the $96,922 Lewis County 911 feasibility study launched over the summer were presented to county commissioners Tuesday, posing the question of whether Lewis County should consolidate 911 dispatch services with Thurston County’s 911 Communications (TCOMM).
The feasibility study, conducted by California consulting firm DELTAWRX, confirmed that major funding is required to overhaul the county’s antiquated radio infrastructure, and that Lewis County’s emergency communications center is “underfunded and understaffed” by as many as 10 full-time employees… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Dec 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
REGION – The $8.7 million new Southeastern Massachusetts Emergency Communications Center (SEMRECC) constructed at the High Rock site in Foxborough began taking your 911 calls in mid November.
The center is home to the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional 911 District, which handles Mansfield and Foxborough emergency calls and will add Easton and Norton later this month… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
Direct the Legislative Research Commission staff to study county emergency dispatch call center funding; investigate causes and factors contributing to the decline of funding levels; require study to be conducted over the 2007 legislative interim; require study to include the Commonwealth’s major metropolitan areas and a representative sample of non-metropolitan counties; require study to estimate the magnitude of the decline in funding levels for emergency dispatch centers among major metropolitan areas and across the Commonwealth…
