Edmond First In Oklahoma To Complete Missing Child Readiness Program
The City of Edmond’s Emergency Communications Center has taken additional steps to tackle missing children’s cases by completing a national missing kids readiness program.
Former dispatcher brings emergency mindset to new role in Billerica (MA)
Lamarre turns in headset for front office
After more than 25 years of answering emergency calls, veteran dispatcher Maureen “Micky” Lamarre has been promoted to Communications Center supervisor, a new position meant to improve communications and service from the Billerica Police.
Lawsuit claims Saginaw woman may have survived shooting if she received medical care earlier (MI)
A lawsuit claims a woman who was left on a porch with gunshot wounds for more than an hour would have lived if someone would have come to help her.
The family of N’ala Wallace is suing Saginaw County 9-1-1, claiming emergency responders didn’t go to the shooting scene because they weren’t notified that the woman had been shot.
Cincinnati’s 911 center is implementing new call-taking protocols (OH)
The first of two new protocol systems for call-takers at Cincinnati’s 911 center are now in place. You may think call-takers have a script they follow or a standard set of questions, but, until now, that was only the case for medical emergency calls.
NASNA outlines ‘strong and urgent concerns’ about NG911 funding language in spectrum bill
Legislation before the U.S. Senate that would allocate as much as $10 billion in federal funds for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployment includes language that “will unnecessarily detract from and delay NG911 implementation,” according to a letter from the National Association of State 911 Administrators (NASNA).
