When our daughter was one, we woke up in the middle of the night to find her having a seizure due to a high fever. At the time, my husband and I were new parents and inexperienced to say the least. Being woken up in the middle of the night is never an enjoyable experience. But when your young child is having a medical emergency, the situation is shocking and terrifying.
Members of the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) dispatch team join Riverton Police Department (RPD) in being congratulated and thanked for volunteering their services during the funeral of a Casper Police Department lieutenant.
Aquinnah’s newest resident was delivered at 11:48 p.m. on Sept. 1 as his parents Kyle Colter and Sophia Welch were on the phone with emergency dispatch. The mother and child were soon after brought to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, where Aquinnah town administrator Jeffrey Madison said they were resting and doing well. Ms. Welch is Mr. Madison’s assistant in town hall.
The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is now working with Everbridge, a leader in critical communications, to provide tribal citizens with emergency communication before, during and after a critical event.
According to a press release, the Everbridge emergency notification system will be used as the tribe’s primary critical event management technology platform to provide emergency and non-emergency communication, comprehensive assessment and response to community incidents.
With a shortage of dispatchers and an increase in crime, resources can be stretched thin— We’ve heard your concerns and reported on the delays in Little Rock’s emergency response.
