by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 9, 2022 | Comm Center News
POCATELLO — Even after more than two decades on the job, Pocatello Police Department dispatcher Brian Smith is still experiencing situations for the first time.
Though he’s helped parents who call 911 remain calm while in labor en route to the hospital, he recently coached a couple through his first actual delivery. Just 30 minutes later, Smith provided lifesaving instructions to a moth er with an unconscious infant unable to breathe. With Smith’s help via phone, the mother revived her child.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 7, 2022 | Comm Center News
The 911 emergency response system in the U.S. has been in use since 1968.
A University of Chicago initiative aims to modernize and strengthen the system – and they’ve just published a blueprint for how to do it.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 7, 2022 | Comm Center News
The Aurora City Council will consider about a $1.34 million project to upgrade the facility where emergency calls are answered and dispatched in the city.
The city’s public safety answering point, and backup communications center, has not been updated since it was opened in January 2010, city officials said.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 7, 2022 | Comm Center News
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – A man is thankful for an Atlanta 9-1-1 dispatcher who walked him through how to safely get out of his car after heavy rains caused flash flooding.
Tobreshia Horn answered the call during which the driver said his car was quickly filling with water at Pryor Circle and Claire Drive SW.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jul 2, 2022 | Comm Center News
It takes a special kind of person to be a 911 dispatcher, says Dispatch Supervisor Jennifer Pitt, who has worked at the Multi-Agency Communications Center for about 17 years.
“It’s not for the weak-hearted,” Pitt said. “It really takes a special kind of person to do this job.”
