Know when —and when not — to call 9-1-1, and what to do if you accidentally ring them
Last year, E-Comm received more than two million calls to 911: more than 5,000 calls per day on average. Call volumes are on the rise, and every second that 911 call-takers spend responding to non-urgent or mis-dialed calls, is time they could dedicate to helping someone in a life-threatening emergency.
“I’m embarrassed to be asking for the money,” said Kay Mullikin, a 911 dispatcher at Metro Nashville Emergency Communications Center. “It’s just a shame that we have to have meetings to get it. The money is there — it’s embarrassing to be begging for a cost of living raise.”
Delphina Rojo never imagined going into mental health care recovery.
But after gaining years of experience in Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery Services and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from CSUB, Rojo now occupies Bakersfield’s inaugural position as a recovery specialist tasked with fielding 911 calls that meet certain criteria. She provides mental health services for the Bakersfield Police Department’s Communications Center. READ FULL ARTICLE
For the third time in less than five years, Sumner County’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC) has a new director.
And while controversy surrounded the departure of its first director in early 2019, the second director’s exit in December was also abrupt.
However, despite a resignation letter, she says it was not her choice to leave.
HALEYVILLE – Emergency first responders are again the focus of the City of Haleyville’s annual 9-1-1 festival Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4 – promising all of the activities people have come to expect while honoring the first-ever 9-1-1 call made in the city 54 years ago.
