The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department and the dispatch center for the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office wanted to clear up any confusion.
Longboaters know Greer Island and Beer Can Island are synonymous. They also know La Lenaire Drive is on Jewfish Key, which has eight residential homes but is only accessible by boat.
Emergency calls from all of Longboat, and most of the rest of Sarasota County, are routed to the Sarasota Emergency Operations and 911 Dispatch Center on Porter Road, about 15 miles east of Longboat Key Town Hall. From there, a telecommunicator gathers information on the type of emergency, location and more. Town police or fire units are then assigned to respond, backed up by responders from other jurisdictions if necessary. Countywide, call takers can handle as many as 650,000 calls a year, about 10% of which typically come from Longboat Key…
ADAMS TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn News) – An integral part of the Robertson County 911 dispatch center, who will be remembered for her sweet loving spirit, Brittney Bennett, 30 of Adams Tennessee, has died unexpectedly.
Brittney’s passing caught everyone by surprise. Even those close to her were caught completely off guard. The news of her passing moved quickly across the internet with an outpouring of grief coupled with stories of her kind-hearted nature that will likely linger in the hearts and minds of her family and friends for years to come… READ MORE
Danish AI platform helps save lives by assisting 911 dispatchers in assessing emergency calls
SEATTLE, November 18, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Seattle Fire Department (SFD), in partnership with Corti.ai, a leading AI software company, has implemented Corti Triage to assist 911 dispatchers in assessing emergency calls and saving more lives. SFD says that Corti’s Triage platform enables it to create, manage and optimize protocols that call-takers follow in real-time, optimizing workflow by an improved double-digit rate to successfully increase its PSAP call processing time.
“Every facet of operations in the PSAP environment is critical, but call center triage is where it all begins. Unfortunately, understaffing has been a chronic issue for emergency medical services around the country for years, and the pandemic has only exacerbated the problem with high call volumes,” says Andreas Cleve, CEO & co-founder of Corti…
POLICE DEPARTMENT’S NEW & IMPROVED MOBILE APP NOW AVAILABLE
RIVERSIDE, CA – The Riverside Police Department is proud to unveil its new and improved mobile application called “Atlas One.” The app is available in the Apple and Android app stores by searching for “Atlas One,” and is a free download to the public.
Atlas One will allow us to continue sharing important alerts regarding traffic collision road closures, at-risk missing persons, and significant police activity we want our community to be aware of. It will provide residents and business owners with one-stop-shop access to important resources, and even allow people to submit tips to help solve crimes and address various livability issues within their neighborhood…
A FirstNet Authority board featuring seven new members conducted its first meeting today and immediately implemented some changes, including renaming three of the four board committees in an effort to better describe their evolving roles in the organization.
New FirstNet Authority Chair Steve Benjamin—the mayor of Columbia, S.C., who was appointed to lead the board last month—described the opportunity to serve on the FirstNet Authority board as a “sacred trust,” expressing enthusiasm about working with other board members and the organization’s staff to oversee the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). This sentiment echoed by other new board members during the meeting, which was webcast…
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
