by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
WASHINGTON — Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-CA, a former 911 dispatcher, led a bipartisan letter with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-PA; and Congressional NextGen 911 Caucus Co-Chairs Anna Eshoo, D-CA; and Richard Hudson, R-NC; calling on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to submit a plan establishing a 911 Training Grants program.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
PHOENIX — The way Melody Hernandez sees it, the trauma incurred by those taking emergency calls from people in crisis and dispatching help is no less than what occurs for her as a paramedic.
Only thing is, state law did not require that 911 dispatchers get access to the same counseling.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
The Prestonsburg/Floyd County Emergency Communications Center, which came under fire following the murder of Amber Spradlin in June, was put in a more positive light during the Floyd County Fiscal Court’s regular meeting Aug. 16.
Prestonsburg Interim Police Chief Ross Shurtleff presented an overview of the local 911 system, giving a brief history and providing various statistics about its operations and employees.
Shurtleff said the local 911 center is “as advanced as technically possible.”
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Officials with the Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services in Little Rock said a dispatcher who was shot Saturday has now died.
MEMS officials said Dispatcher Casandra Peña-Romero died Wednesday from the injuries she sustained in the shooting on August 19 at MEMS Station One on 7th Street.
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 23, 2023 | Comm Center News
She frantically called 911 and was met by the calm voice of Chris Carvalho, a 28-year-old trainee dispatcher with the Orange County Fire Authority who started his job two months earlier.
“You’re doing great,” he said in a placid voice. “You’re acting as his pulse now. Remember that, so just keep going.”
