by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 17, 2019 | Comm Center News
When it comes to helping others, Rick Grandinetti has shown he won’t hesitate.
A 20-year member of the Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department and a dispatcher with the county for over a decade, Grandinetti is also a member and past president of the Kinzua Chapter of ABATE (Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education). On Saturday, this community will have a chance to show their support in return.
In July, Grandinetti received a life-altering diagnosis…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 17, 2019 | Comm Center News
Pitkin County is elevating the status of its 911 dispatchers to first responders in a move that outpaces a similar effort on the national level.
“We couldn’t wait for the bill that is stalled in Congress to give our dispatchers the job classification of First Responders that they have earned and deserve,” Emergency Dispatch 911 Commander Brett Loeb said in a press release announcing the reclassification. “Emergency dispatchers are every bit as critical in managing a crisis as our law…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 16, 2019 | Comm Center News
QUINCY, IL — In an eight to three
vote, the City of Quincy/Adams County Emergency Telephone Systems Board
decided to erase the “interim’ director from Jessica Douglas’s title.
Douglas is now the official 9-1-1 Director, and her position is effective immediately.
This comes after a lengthy executive session at Wednesday night’s meeting.
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 16, 2019 | Comm Center News
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — A 911 dispatcher helped a father deliver his son at the family’s home on Monday morning, WFTS reports.
Brianna Springer was about 31 weeks pregnant. Her due date was in December.
On Monday, she said she went into labor around 3:30 a.m. after the placenta prematurely separated…
by AllThingsECC.com | Oct 16, 2019 | Comm Center News
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — A 911 dispatcher helped a father deliver his son at the family’s home on Monday morning.
Brianna Springer was about 31 weeks pregnant. Her due date was in December.
On Monday, she said she went into labor around 3:30 a.m. after the placenta prematurely separated from her uterus.
“I
had no idea they were coming so soon. Blayne got on the phone and the
dispatcher told him, ‘you’re going to be delivering these babies,'” said
Brianna Springer.
Springer’s fiancé, Blayne Guest, called 911
and a dispatcher gave him clear instructions. CCSO Communication Officer
Phillip Stuart received the call.
“He told me, ….
