by ECC Editor | Apr 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
Cassandra Bendig’s daily work requirements can range from helping with a baby delivery, to giving instructions on how to perform CPR.
The 34-year-old is one of 18 communications specialists at Medical Communications Centre North. With a background in Kinesiology, and a former football trainer with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, she credits a current co-worker for helping her find the job she’s been doing for the past six years.
“A friend of mine told me about it, I didnt actually know this profession existed. I thought there was just 911,” she said… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
PAPILLION — Seven members of the Sarpy County 911 dispatch team were recognized for their heroic efforts at the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners Tuesday afternoon meeting on April 12.
Three dispatchers — Teresa Smith, Nautica Geislar and Dallas Keffer — were on hand to receive a Life Saving Award from Megan Paschall, training and quality assurance coordinator and incident dispatch team leader.
All of the award winners coached members of the public by phone to administer cardio pulmonary resuscitation effectively… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 16, 2022 | Comm Center News
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper signed a proclamation making this week, Public Safety Telecommunicator Week in North Carolina.
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office employees eleven full time and three part time telecommunicators with 24-hour coverage, seven days per week, with 2 to 3 dispatchers working at a time. The 911 Center covers law enforcement, fire and rescue dispatching.
“Between the thin Red line and the thin Blue line lays the thinnest Gold line. The Gold line represents those who are rarely seen but mostly heard. They are the calm voice in the dark of the night, the voice that settles the upset and simmers the dismayed… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
Dispatchers who serve on the same shift that handled the recent Bonne Terre and Desloge shootings were recognized along with other St. Francois County 911 personnel at Wednesday’s board meeting in Park Hills at the Joint Communications Center. Back row are dispatchers Karlie Blankenship, Brody Johnson, Rikki Mayberry, Ashley Richard, supervisor Doug Graham, and dispatcher Justin Barton, with Bonne Terre Police Chief Doug Calvert, 911 Center Executive Director Alan Wells, and Deputy Director Chuck Farr. Front row, the board of directors are Mark Allen, Dave Pratte, Bill Stegall, Chairman Ron Bockenkamp, James, “Jebo” Bullock and Tim Porter. Not pictured: Gary Fryman, Allen Stegall… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Apr 15, 2022 | Comm Center News
The phrase has been heard countless times on television shows and in real life.
“9-1-1, what’s your emergency?”
Sure, the people who answer those calls handle life’s toughest moments. But it turns out places like the Flower Mound Police Department’s Telecommunications Center responds to more non-urgent calls than emergencies. While their work entails areas like fire, police, and medical, it also involves animal control, sewer, public works and water… READ MORE
