by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 21, 2019 | Comm Center News
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WDTV) — 911 dispatchers are now designated as first responders in Marion County.
911 dispatchers are now designated as first responders in Marion County. (Photo: WDTV)
The County Commission on Tuesday signed a resolution marking the designation.
Telecommunications workers are currently designated as clerical staff.
The resolution says 911 dispatchers make the same sacrifices as firefighters, law enforcement officers and EMS workers.
The designation puts them in the same category for all they do to serve their community.
Marion County 911 Center and Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Chris McIntire accepted ….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 21, 2019 | Comm Center News
Duane Raible did not know it at the time, but in the early morning hours of Oct. 2 he was having a major stroke.
“The
whole room went bizarre. I almost passed out. I pushed myself back to
the bed and lay down,” Raible said. “I realized right then and there:
something’s really wrong.”
Raible, 52, of Bangor, Pennsylvania, was in….
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 21, 2019 | Comm Center News
OREGON,
Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) – A scary situation of alleged domestic violence
ended with the suspected abuser in handcuffs, all because the victim’s
daughter used an innovative approach to seeking help. She dialed 911,
but instead of asking for police, she pretended to order a pizza, WTVG said.
The
victim’s daughter said she used this tactic to keep the person who was
hitting her mom in the dark that she was calling for help. That way, he
wouldn’t run away before police got there.
It’s a strategy that worked.
In his 14 years of service, this is a call Oregon dispatcher Tim Teneyck has…
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Comm Center News
YORK – Leila Luft, the director of the York County Emergency
Communications Center, says the initial move to the new courthouse
addition went well and things are running smoothly.
Luft updated the York County Commissioners about the progress of this ongoing project, during their regular meeting Tuesday.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Comm Center News
Westmoreland County commissioners are expected this week to approve
more than $2.7 million in upgrades to the 911 emergency dispatch system.
Public Safety Director Roland Mertz said Tuesday that plans call for
replacement of aging computer-aided dispatch equipment and installation
of a new transmission tower to provide better radio service in the
Loyalhanna Gorge area between Latrobe and Ligonier.
“We can’t afford to …. Read More..
