Tommy Sanchez, the new district director for the Valencia Regional Emergency Communications Center, plans to apply for accreditation of the center to show it is operating at its highest level of efficiency.
The Dallas Police and Fire-Rescue departments are the latest in a growing number of U.S. public safety agencies to start using what3words, a geocoding technology that uses unique sequences of three random dictionary words to reference locations of emergency scenes and personnel.
Revelations from an internal union audit last month that found financial mismanagement at Local 1549 at District Council 37 have buoyed efforts among 911 dispatchers and operators to secede from the local and pursue other options within DC 37, THE CITY has learned.
Among the options workers are exploring: Creating a new DC 37 local for the city’s 1,600 911 dispatchers, or to align themselves with another DC 37 local representing first responders.
MADISON, Wis. — Across Wisconsin, 911 dispatch shortages continue, but an outgoing Dane County leader is making sure he leaves as a trailblazer, by building up a new pilot program.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s office recently deployed Smart911, a nationwide program that lets people provide additional information that can be used in an emergency.
