The city of Toledo is currently in negotiations with the Willamette Valley Communications Center in Salem for the handling Toledo’s 911 emergency calls in the future.
The city has had its own 911 dispatch center for many years, but staffing shortages and limited funding have made it difficult to keep the center operational.
“We’re here today to advocate for S.P.11 to try and provide funding for telecommunicators to be able to help them perform CPR over the phone if they aren’t certified, and to be able to recognize when it’s time to start CPR,” said Richmond Carson, who performed life-saving CPR in 2015.
A Carroll County dispatcher was fired in November after the sheriff heard a phone call that took place just hours before Jackson Kradle was found dead July 28.
KWQC has obtained the termination letter showing Carroll County officials knew crimes were happening that night.
In a moment of life or death, sometimes a 911 call can make all the difference between saving a life and shattering families.
For that reason, and many others, officials at the Sampson County 911 call center have begun to meet more modern standards of training and operation to improve what they believe is an already strong service agency.
There are more than 160 miles between Kansas City and Pacific Junction, Iowa, but that didn’t stop a Kansas City Fire Department dispatcher from helping a truck driver on the road.
