Dispatching duties for the city of Worthington’s emergency services
will be performed by the Northwest Regional Emergency Communications
Center in Dublin starting in July 2020.
City councils in both of those cities have authorized their respective city managers to enter into a contract for the service.
The
NRECC is based in Dublin police headquarters and is a safety
communications agency partnership with police departments in Dublin,
Hilliard and Upper Arlington and fire departments in Upper Arlington and
Norwich and Washington townships.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Walton County, Florida has chosen DATAMARK VEP
for its Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) geographic information systems
(GIS) solution. The main priority for Walton County is to assess the
street centerline data with the master streets address guide (MSAG), and
address data with the automatic location identifier (ALI). DATAMARK VEP
will enable the Walton County GIS department to ensure readiness
before, during and after the county’s transition to NG9-1-1, while still
supporting legacy 9-1-1 systems. Walton County is the third Florida
county to select DATAMARK for NG9-1-1 GIS readiness, following Washington County’s selection in June 2019 and Manatee County in 2018.
Five new Luzerne County 911 telecommunicators were hired in July, but
the county still had 14 openings as of last week, said the agency’s
Executive Director Fred Rosencrans.
The department has stepped up public advertising for the position through social media and in newspaper advertisements, he said.
Telecommunicators must process incoming emergency calls and dispatch police and other emergency personnel, he said.
“It’s a fast-paced job that’s also very rewarding,” Rosencrans said.
The new telecommunicators, all hired at $15.38 per hour: Ariel
Branigan, Brittany Colson, Jessica Crawford, Ryan Hughes and Breanna
Walker.
Logansport’s emergency dispatchers have a tough job helping unseen
people in sometimes extreme circumstances. These stressful situations,
coupled with being some of the lowest paid dispatchers in the
surrounding area, have led to a high turnover rate.
In June, a
move was discussed that would have reduced the number of active
dispatching positions from 16 to 14 in order to raise the salaries of
the current dispatchers. The move would not cost any current employee a
position and is considered part of a realignment that would increase the
starting salaries to $30,000 for local dispatchers.
Posted: Aug 9, 2019 / 09:44 AM EDT / Updated: Aug 9, 2019 / 03:12 PM EDT
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office will soon be able to receive text messages sent to 911 for emergencies.
The agency began implementing its text-to-911 service on Friday.
The service is available for use by those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech impaired. It can also be used in situations, such as domestic altercations, where it’s too dangerous to call 911.
The technology comes after the agency was awarded a $40,158 grant in June from the State of Florida Division of Management Services E9-1-1 Board. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also signed a bill that requires all Florida counties to implement text to 911 services.
“We are excited to begin offering text to 911 services to the citizens of Citrus County,” said Sheriff Mike Prendergast. “The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office strives to best serve every member of our community, and this is another step in the right direction.”
Despite weeks of discussion on consolidating dispatch with the
county, the Common Council instead is moving ahead on a vote to keep
dispatch within the Lockport Police Department.
In a closed-door
meeting with the council Wednesday, Lockport police union president
Kevin Lucinski made an offer to keep dispatch in-house and upgrade the
radio room equipment for a one-time cost of $272,000.
Mayor
Michelle Roman said the union has agreed to make concessions in return
for keeping dispatch, but declined to discuss specifics of the offer
until after Lucinski’s scheduled meeting with the city’s negotiations
committee Friday. Roman said putting the dispatch deal before the
council at its next meeting Aug. 21 “would be ideal.”
Lockport
police have pushed for continuing to handle their own dispatch, arguing
any deal that required the department to share a radio frequency would
put officers at risk, because there would be too much chatter on the
line.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
