A La Porte County 911 dispatcher is hailed a hero after delivering her first baby over the phone.
Melissa Elder has only been a La Porte County 911 dispatcher for about a year now. To successfully aid a couple in giving birth and help them administer CPR, she says, is a huge win not only for her, but for the entire department…
Mineral County Sheriff Mike Toth is lobbying for new equipment for the county’s 911 center.
The current equipment at the 911 emergency call center, known to most as ‘dispatch’, at the Mineral County Sheriff’s Office was installed in 2008.
“It’s on life support,” Toth said. “911 center’s equipment has a life span of five years, so we have passed the ‘borrowed time’ twice over”…
BATAVIA — Genesee County is almost at full strength among its Emergency Dispatch Center staff, with one vacant part-time dispatcher position expected to be filled in about a week. COVID-19 and its potential impact on staffing is never far from the administration’s mind, however.
Assistant Director of Emergency Communications/Operations Frank Riccobono said Tuesday that even before COVID-19 was a household word, Al Cheverie, who was with the Genesee County Health Department at the time, Tim Yaeger from Emergency Management and he met to discuss plans for the county and the dispatch center…
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