LEHIGH TOWNSHIP, Penn. — A Northampton County 911 dispatcher is being celebrated for helping an armed man with dementia surrender safely to police on Thursday.
The 71-year-old allegedly held a handgun toward his wife Thursday afternoon as he stood in a hallway of their Lehigh Township home, police said.
In a major step toward modernizing the region’s emergency response infrastructure, federal and local officials gathered Tuesday afternoon at Guthrie City Hall to announce a $1,407,000 grant dedicated to the 911 Center and Logan County radio rehabilitation. The presentation, held before a gallery of Guthrie police officers and firefighters, is an effort to replace aging communication equipment that officials say is vital to public safety.
In an emergency, we pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1 without much thought as to whether someone will answer.
Increasingly though, communities across Wisconsin face a shortage of 911 dispatchers.
Who will answer our calls if the crisis continues? And how can communities turn the shortage around?
CALVERT COUNTY, Md. – Calvert County Emergency Communications has been recognized by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as a Tri-Accredited Center for Excellence (ACE) for police, fire and emergency medical services dispatching. Calvert County Emergency Communications is the 31st Tri-ACE in the world.
IAED is the standard-setting organization for emergency dispatch services worldwide. Accreditation and reaccreditation from the IAED represent the highest distinction awarded to emergency communication centers, certifying that a center performs at or above established industry standards.
Wilson County Emergency Communications earned accreditation through the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch as an Emergency Medical/Fire Dispatch Center of Excellence.
Wilson County 911 is now the 365th emergency medical and 84th first dispatch accredited center in the world, according to Wilson County Communications Director Stephen Mann.
