SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Emergency medical dispatchers across North America can now quickly direct 911 callers during time-critical cardiac emergencies to the closest automated external defibrillator (AED), thanks to the implementation of an AED geolocation plan by Priority Dispatch and the PulsePoint Foundation. The partnership between Priority Dispatch and PulsePoint allows 911 dispatchers to…
“Firefighters now can look at live information from the dispatcher while they are rolling down the road on an emergency call. They can see the hydrants …
Three agencies — the Bell County Health District, Bell County Communications Center and the National Mounted Warfare Museum — will present their reasons to the Killeen City Council on Tuesday about why they should receive city funding for their fiscal year 2021 budgets.
The communications center, which handles dispatch of 9-1-1 calls for emergency service, proposes a $9.2 million budget, which they are asking Killeen to contribute 16% or $1.5 million. According to their…
KEY ACTION Council asked Solicitor Brett Hillyer to draw up a resolution that would allow the village to use Regional EMS, a new business that was recently formed in Carroll County and is a non profit business, for emergency calls.
DISCUSSION Passing a resolution at the June session would make Regional EMS the first responders to EMS calls. 9-1-1 dispatch would also have to be notified that they are on duty and would be first to be dispatched to EMS calls within the village. There would be no cost to the village as bills would be sent to the person’s insurance…
Hancock County is working through options to put up a radio communications tower to enhance the reception for public safety departments’ communication.
“At this point, we’re still just talking about it,” Supervisor Chairperson Sis Greiman said.
Hancock County Emergency Management’s Andy Buffington gave the board of supervisors an update on the radio infrastructure project after they had discussed it a few months ago…
