Mary-Kate Smith was rescued just in time after her kayak overturned last summer
Mary-Kate Smith was out kayaking off the coast of Connecticut last August when she overturned.
“I was very scared, didn’t know what to do, or where to go,” she says.
Only four months earlier another kayaker had drowned in the same area. That incident had alarmed the mayor of coastal city Stamford, who asked the local emergency services to look at new safety technologies.
Carbyne, a cloud-based emergency communication platform, was installed in August. It enables a 911 dispatcher to send a text message to the caller. This includes a link, which once opened starts a video chat…
Casandra Reid, quality assurance training manager for Burke County EMS, has received the prestigious award of Trainer of The Year on May 5 from the North Carolina Association of Public Safety Communications Officials.
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Burke County Emergency Communications announced Friday that Casandra Reid, quality assurance training manager, has received the prestigious award of Trainer of The Year on May 5 from the North Carolina Association of Public Safety Communications Officials.
Reid is responsible for all required training for both new and renewing certifications for all staff at Burke County Emergency Communications, which is responsible for providing 911 communications to all of Burke County. She is also part of the management team and assisted in integrating the 911 back-up location as well as the Say Something Program…
COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) – The Covington County Sheriff’s Department has hired some new full-time radio dispatchers and Covington County Sheriff Darrell Perkins says it should improve 911 service in that county.
Last week, three new full-time employees for the 911 dispatch were hired, which brings the total number of full-time dispatchers to eight.
About two months ago, the Covington County Sheriff’s Department took over dispatch services, after the resignation of former emergency management director and 911 coordinator Greg Sanford…
The revision process occurs every five years for all American National Standards. This ensures that all standards are up to date with current trends in operations, training and technology…
With three vacancies, Lincoln County Communications found itself between a rock and hard a place in maintaining a fully staffed work schedule. To alleviate the staff shortage, Teamsters Local 340 and Lincoln County Communications Association reached an agreement with Lincoln County to temporarily modify their work schedules. The agreement calls for a modified schedule until July 2. According to the memorandum of understanding between the county and unions, communications officers will work three 12-hour shifts and one six-hour shift per week. Communications supervisors will work rotating 12-hour shifts of two days on, two days off and three days on…
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.
