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Outbreak overwhelms NYC’s crisis procedure (NY)
NEW YORK — The coronavirus crisis is taxing New York City’s 911 method like by no means before. Operators choose up a new simply call every 15.5 seconds. Panicked voices inform of liked kinds in declining wellbeing. There are multitudes of cardiac arrests and...
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Releases Video On Importance Of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week April 12 – 18, 2020 (FL)
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 12 – 18, 2020. Each year, the second week of April is dedicated to those who serve as Public Safety Telecommunicators. In...
Johnson County Central Dispatch E-911 to celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (MO)
WARRENSBURG — Johnson County Central Dispatch E-911 is celebrating Sunday, April 12, through April 18 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week, sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and...
GENESEE COUNTY/Sheriff and the Legislature recognize Public Safety Telecommunicators this week (NY)
In 1991, a formal Congressional resolution acknowledged the vital role that telecommunicators play in emergency situations by proclaiming the second week in April as a week of annual recognition in their honor. National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week is a time...
This week is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (OH)
ZANESVILLE – This week recognizes the services of emergency dispatchers from across the country. Of course, in Ohio, this week falls on a time when the stay at home order is still in place. This has called for some changes in the way the dispatch center in the...
Voices In The Dark — 9-1-1 Dispatchers Celebrating Telecommunicators Week (CT)
Starting Sunday, April 12, Newtown’s emergency dispatchers will join colleagues across the nation celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week-long event, initially set up in 1981 by Patricia Anderson of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office...
This is National Public Safety Telecommunications week (OK)
ENID, Okla. — This week in April is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. The weeklong event, started in 1981, is time to celebrate and thank 911 dispatchers working for Enid, Garfield County, OHP, Life EMS and Miller EMS, dispatchers who dedicate their...
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (MO)
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, would like to make the public aware of the following: National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week takes place from April 12-18, 2020. This event honors the thousands of men and women...
ISP recognizes National Public Safety Telecommunicator’s Week (IL)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois State Police (ISP) is recognizing Telecommunicators, Operators and other behind-the-scenes-heroes who dispatch Troopers and officers from other state agencies in emergency situations. The recognition comes during National Public...
First responders celebrate dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (CA)
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - First responders across the country are celebrating their dispatchers starting today as part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. This special week spans from April 12 to 18. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office announced it is...
City of Muscatine is devoting an entire week to honoring 911 dispatchers (IA)
The staff of MUSCOM, Muscatine’s 911 dispatch center, is being recognized during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International, the nationally celebrated week honors the...
Allegany County honors local dispatchers (NY)
BELMONT — As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to lock down the nation, Allegany County on Monday honored some of those on the front lines of emergency response, proclaiming April 12-18 Public Safety Telecommunications Week. April is 911 Education Month and Monday’s...
9-1-1 service currently down in Wise County (VA)
Those with an emergency in Wise County are asked to call dispatch a 276-321-7567. The outage is due to disruption in Verizon service in the area.
Volunteer to Update the TERT Standard
Telecommunicator Emergency Response Teams (TERTs) provide communications-specific mutual aid between PSAPs to provide trained personnel during emergency situations. Volunteers are sought to update the Standard for TERT Deployment. This revision of the standard will assist PSAPs and governing 9-1-1 authorities with the information required for developing, training, equipping, and deploying a standardized TERT team.
Click here to volunteer.
LCECC: What’s their why? (KS)
Lyon County Emergency Communications Center dispatchers work hard day after day to coordinate responses with local law enforcement and first responders. Many people in the community may not realize who it is on the other side of the phone when they are calling during...
ORLEANS COUNTY/Sheriff’s Office recognizes 911 Dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week April 12-18, 2020 (NY)
The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office recognizes 911 Dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators’ Week April 12-18, 2020. Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Dispatchers) are a vital part in an emergency. Through assessment and coordination of each...
Temporary Video 911 Service In Effect For Casper Area (WY)
Dispatchers in Natrona County are using a live video response service for 911 calls in order to help with social distancing measures. The optional service that callers or dispatchers can request during the call will be in effect for the next 30 days. It does not...
Dispatch center contingency plan tabled again (ME)
FARMINGTON - Commissioners moved again to table a contingency plan proposed for the Franklin County Regional Communications Center at a meeting Thursday morning, as well as reversing a previous decision and opting in to federal paid leave associated with the COVID-19...
County approves extra funding for Emergency Operations Center (KS)
Lyon County Commissioners approved an additional appropriation to the county’s Emergency Operations Center Thursday during its regularly-scheduled action session. Flint Hills Community Health Center Chief Financial Officer Stephanie Ringgold and Lyon County Controller...
Next-generation 911 service for Grey-Bruce in the works (Canada)
Life moves on amid the COVID-19 lockdown in Owen Sound, even while most people are focussed on the latest developments in this public health crisis. Owen Sound Police Service successfully completed its first end-to-end test call through the next-generation 911...
Upcoming Webinar
4.9 GHz Band: Review of the FCC Order
On October 22, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released its Eighth Report and Order (Eighth R&O) regarding utilization of the 4940-4990 MHz (4.9 GHz) band that protects incumbent users as requested by us, the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA). This Eighth R&O addresses a number of issues related to the use of this band by public safety. Please join us for a briefing on this order and how it impacts public safety.
This presentation will be led by Chief Jeff Johnson (ret) and Attorney Jason Karp, one of the nation’s leading experts in public safety spectrum regulations.
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