by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Comm Center News
GORDON, Ala. (WTVY) – A Gordon family is mourning the loss of its long-time family home after a fire left it shambles late last night.
Fortunately, they aren’t mourning the loss of any loved ones, thanks in part to an Ashford Elementary schooler.
“I saw a fire from all the way over there,” said
Ashford Elementary Fifth Grader Brandon Hayes. “It was just high up, see
how it is now? It wasn’t this bad, but still standing up”
Hayes said he could still see the fire every time he closes his eyes.
The flames were even more…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – If one is lucky enough, maybe they will
never have to dial those three numbers etched in our brains, 9-1-1.
When we think of first responders, we often think of police and fire.
One group we often overlook are emergency dispatchers. They are the
ones who take the initial calls and get us the help we need.
“We hear lots of things. Some good but most of them are bad,” said Dispatcher…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
PLYMOUTH – Town Council members approved a contract Monday with Litchfield County Dispatch effective April 2020 that will result in the layoffs of the town’s 12 dispatchers next year. The town will enter into a three-month agreement from April 1 through June 30 with LCD to close out the 2019-20 fiscal year.
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Alleging errors made by emergency dispatchers might have cost lives, the family of Akilah DaSilva sued the city of Nashville and its Emergency Communications Center. Just over a year and a half after the tragedy, the former director of the Emergency Communications Center is admitting police were first sent to the wrong Waffle House.
In a deposition with DaSilva family attorneys…
by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
CANBY, Ore. – The deputies that were the first to respond to a devastating quadruple murder earlier this year were honored for rescuing the surviving girl.
Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies were called out to a home on South Barlow Road on the night of January 19, 2019 on reports of a domestic violence/multiple homicide incident.
They arrived to find 42-year-old Mark Gago trying to kill…
