Still-functional equipment will be re-used following upgrades occurring in Vigo County’s 911 Central Dispatch Center.
Director Vickie Oster told the E911 Advisory Board on Wednesday the replaced equipment will be installed in the county’s backup dispatch center, which was built into the new city police headquarters on South Seventh Street.
“I’m so excited because we could be over there and set up within 30 minutes to an hour,” Oster said of any need to relocate the dispatch center in case of power loss or other emergency. “And it would be just like we are in dispatch here…
TALLMADGE — Cooperation among Summit County and several of its communities on a new regional dispatch center will improve emergency response times and safety, local leaders said Thursday morning as they gathered to formalize the new pact.
“We are stronger when we are working hand in hand with our local communities,” Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro told leaders of Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Fairlawn, Stow and Tallmadge during a ceremony at the former Weaver Workshop on Howe Road.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Mobile phones can be lifesavers, and now, two apps can give people the ability to help someone suffering a cardiac arrest.
PulsePoint Respond and PulsePoint AED are 911-connected mobile apps that immediately alert users of cardiac arrests near them. Individuals can then go and begin giving hands-on CPR while emergency response units are on the way.
When it comes to cardiac arrest, timing is everything, because it can be the difference between life and death…
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