Editor’s Update: Computer Aided Dispatched was restarted about 2:30 PM though some users still had issues accessing the system into the early evening hours. Since four o’clock this morning an upgrade to the Computer Aided Dispatch System has meant no computers and pencils and paper for dispatchers and first responders in Everett and Snohomish County. […]
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Computer Dispatch Upgrade Brings Out Pencils And Paper For Everett Fire And Police
Hardware Failure Caused 9-1-1 Dispatch Crash
January 11, 2017
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A hardware failure is believed to be behind problems at emergency dispatch centers in Everett and south County today. For a little more than 8 hours dispatchers for Everett Police, Everett Fire and most other jurisdictions in our area were unable to use their computer aided dispatch services. That meant everything had to be written […]
Many Everett Emergency Dispatch Issues Related To Hardware, Not New World
October 20, 2016
Back on Sunday October 9th we reported on dispatch issues for Everett Police and Fire after a failure in the Computer Aided Dispatch system or CAD. Commonly referred to as New World, the computer aided dispatch system is actually made up of several parts both software and hardware that all need to function in concert. […]
Everett Computer Aided Dispatch Crashes Again
October 10, 2016
For five hours Sunday afternoon dispatchers handling emergency response for both Everett Fire and Police had to go to manual operations after problems with the computer aided dispatch system. The crash occurred about 2:15 PM and service was restored and police and fire crews were able to log on around 7:30 PM. Here’s what Everett […]
New World Responds To Everett Mayor
June 28, 2016
On June 15th Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson sent a letter to Tyler Technologies, owner of New World Dispatch software expressing his concerns over their product and calling its performance unacceptable. Today the City of Everett released Tyler’s response which came in the form of a letter dated June 23rd. In the letter the company outlines […]
Frustration In Three Views Of New World Dispatch System
June 16, 2016
Seven and a half months in from go-live for the New World dispatch system and frustration seems to be the only common theme. MyEverettNews.com has been writing about the implementation of New World Systems dispatch software for more than a year. Work on the system to replace aging dispatching equipment and software has been going […]
October 24, 2017
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