by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
At just 24 years old, Madison Smith already has four fire seasons under her belt.
The Thompson Rivers University student got hired as a dispatcher for
the Cariboo Fire Centre in Williams Lake, in 2016. She worked there for
two summers and eventually transferred to the Kamloops Fire Centre
(KFC) in 2018.
“I love the team atmosphere and how rewarding it can be,” says Smith. “I love the feeling of being the crew’s safety line.”
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
The Wilmington City Council along with Wilmington Police Chief
recognized a 911 dispatcher and a couple from Wilmington for their
bravery and courage.
Angela Marks, was the Telecommunicator from WESCOM that was on the
other end of 911 frantic call two weeks ago. The declaration read, “In
the early morning hours of August 21st Angela Marks, Telecommunicator
for the Western Will County Communication Center (WESCOM) took a call
from a citizen whose home had just been invaded by an intruder wanted
for Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking, Battery, Fleeing & Eluding.
Angela was able to extract all pertinent information from the citizen
during a period of high stress and relayed that information to officers
on the scene that successfully apprehended two offenders.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
Attention, Canadians!We’ll be featuring Money Diaries from across Canada on a regular basis, and we want to hear from you. Submit your Money Diaryhere.Today:
a 911 dispatcher and part-time grocery courier who makes $89,322 per
year and spends some of her money this week on Reese’s peanut butter
chocolate spread.
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 5, 2019 | Comm Center News
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. —
On March 28, 2018, Hardin County dispatcher Kendra Murphy took a call, but only heard static.
She
was about to disconnect, but something told her to stay on the line.
She said she heard two people talking and something about a gun.
Eventually, Murphy remembered, the caller got on the phone.
In
the 911 call, the woman was heard saying, “It’s my uncle. He lives next
door to me. He just told me he shot his wife in the garage, and he’s
going now to John Hardin (High School) to pick up his son.”
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by AllThingsECC.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Comm Center News
In an emergency before firefighters, law enforcement, or EMS head out
to help it’s up to the men and women who work at the 911 center to calm
the caller down and get the right amount of first responders to the
aid.
911 calls can be anything from someone who needs help after falling to dealing with a suicide or a mass shooting.
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