by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
If you are in a situation where you need to call 911, chances are time is of the essence.
“In
times of an emergencies, a lot of times, you get frantic and your mind
doesn’t work in ways, and Smart911 gets that information to us so you
don’t have to,” said Adam Smith, Washington Township Battalion Fire
Chief
The Northwest Regional Emergency Communications Center has added “Smart911.”
It’s a program where you can log on and share any information you think first responders need to know in case of an emergency.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
CHARLESTON,
S.C. (WCSC) – The North Charleston Police Department confirmed Thursday
it had pulled out from an incident reporting system the Charleston
County Consolidated Dispatch Center launched in November.
The
system lists active law enforcement calls by agency and with a brief
description of the type of incident being investigated. The idea behind
the system was to reduce the number of calls from media outlets going to
the dispatchers so they could more quickly respond to emergency calls.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Articles, Comm Center News
Leslie Corbett partakes in a ride-along with Climax Fire Department (NC) during her fire dispatch training.
The APCO Young Professionals Taskforce recognizes Leslie Corbett as our young professional for the month of September. Leslie is twenty-seven years old and has been an emergency communications specialist for one year with Guilford Metro 9-1-1, an agency located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Most of her career has been as a call taker, but recently she has moved into fire and law enforcement dispatching.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
Montgomery County officials want to remind everyone on behalf of both
MCHD and the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management that 911
services should only be utilized in true emergencies.
If you have a true medical emergency, if you have water coming into
your home, if you have a fire in your home – all life-threatening
concerns – call 9-1-1.
by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
LYONS — A Wayne County 911 dispatcher is being commended for helping with an out-of-hospital birth last weekend.
Greg
DeWolf, the county’s 911 operations manager, said a call to the 911
center came in at 12:40 a.m. Saturday from a person in Newark reporting
that his friend was in labor. Dispatcher Paul Fera gave emergency
medical dispatch instructions to help the caller deliver the baby about 7
minutes later.
