by AllThingsECC.com | May 3, 2022 | Comm Center News
MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) – A Clermont County 911 dispatcher and a 17-year-old boy are being hailed as heroes for saving a life. Inside a home on Lodgepole Drive in Miami township, teen Garrett Byram made the call for help.
“I think my stepfather is having a heart attack or something. His phone is on the ground he looks very, very red,” said Bryam to dispatcher Aaron Daulton.
Over the next few minutes, Daulton would calmly walk Byram and his sister, Andi, through life-saving actions…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 3, 2022 | Comm Center News
EL PASO COUNTY — If you have to call 911 in El Paso County, Courtney Zohrlaut may be the one who answers. If you have to deliver a baby, she’s just who you want to pick up.
“I have actually been through three deliveries so far and delivered four babies successfully,” Zohrlaut said.
Each baby came fast. She talked to us about a recent call where she helped deliver twins…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 2, 2022 | Comm Center News
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office could join law enforcement agencies throughout the state this year in updating a decades-old emergency dispatch system to better serve Arizona residents.
Mohave County Sheriff Doug Schuster this month has requested that the county’s governing board approve a $1.15 million grant from the Arizona Department of Administration, which would cover the costs of upgrading the county’s existing 911 system through the 2023 fiscal year. The improvements would enhance emergency dispatch services in Lake Havasu City, Kingman, Bullhead City, Colorado City and the sheriff’s office…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 2, 2022 | Comm Center News
911 calls coming into Watauga County and the Town of Boone will now be handled in one center instead of two.
As of Sunday, May 1, 2022, the 911 center at 184 Hodges Gap Road, which had been the center for county dispatches (fire, law enforcement, EMS, etc) will become the main facility. The center at Boone Police Department, which had been used for town dispatches (fire, law enforcement, EMS, etc), will be kept as a back-up facility…
by AllThingsECC.com | May 2, 2022 | Comm Center News
TEXARKANA, Ark. — A recent ruling by the Arkansas 911 Board to streamline 911 dispatch centers is leaving Miller County with just seven weeks to make the call on its emergency answering service.
The state board agreed April 19 to give the county until June 20 to decide whether it will keep its Public Safety Answering Point system at the Miller County jail or join the centralized dispatch at Bi-State Justice Center, which handles emergency calls for both Texarkanas and Bowie County.
Miller County dispatch was at Bi-State from 1985 to 1991…
