by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
Assemblyman Steve Hawley weighed in on this situation, calling it “shameful” that the state is holding these funds that are “earmarked and due to our counties to be used for public safety locally.”
Hawley said he sent a letter to Gov. Cuomo on Oct. 20 asking him to release all funds for the PSAP Operations and SICG initiatives that were authorized through the 2019-20 fiscal year budget and “ensure that future authorizations are released in full in the budget year they are appropriated”…
by ECC Editor | Nov 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
ABERDEEN, MISS. (WCBI) – Emergency vehicles converged on Aberdeen Elementary School this morning, but there was no crisis. Instead, it was a chance for children to see and hear from those who protect and serve their community.
First Responders Awareness Day gave students at Aberdeen Elementary a chance to talk with firefighters, police officers, sheriffs deputies, 9 1 1 operators and paramedics. Students were also able to see some really cool vehicles up close… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
GREEN BAY, Wis.(WFRV)- For one week, Brown County has been using a new operating system called FLEX. “FLEX is our computer aided dispatch system, which is kind of the heart of the operation,” said Cullen Peltier Director of Public Safety Communications for Brown County. The new system replaces an older system that had been in use for nearly 20-years. “This is one of our main three communications tools that we use every day,” said Peltier…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 18, 2020 | Comm Center News
A La Porte County 911 dispatcher is hailed a hero after delivering her first baby over the phone.
Melissa Elder has only been a La Porte County 911 dispatcher for about a year now. To successfully aid a couple in giving birth and help them administer CPR, she says, is a huge win not only for her, but for the entire department…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
Mineral County Sheriff Mike Toth is lobbying for new equipment for the county’s 911 center.
The current equipment at the 911 emergency call center, known to most as ‘dispatch’, at the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office was installed in 2008.
“It’s on life support,” Toth said. “911 center’s equipment has a life span of five years, so we have passed the ‘borrowed time’ twice over”…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
BATAVIA — Genesee County is almost at full strength among its Emergency Dispatch Center staff, with one vacant part-time dispatcher position expected to be filled in about a week. COVID-19 and its potential impact on staffing is never far from the administration’s mind, however.
Assistant Director of Emergency Communications/Operations Frank Riccobono said Tuesday that even before COVID-19 was a household word, Al Cheverie, who was with the Genesee County Health Department at the time, Tim Yaeger from Emergency Management and he met to discuss plans for the county and the dispatch center…
