by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
Character reveals itself in bad times more than in good.
It would be totally accurate to say that Joe Finn’s character revealed itself at any number of fires he has worked over the last 36 years, none more so than a horrible March day in the Back Bay in 2014, when the wind howled with a mournful evil, as if it had originated in hell.
Joe Finn was the deputy chief in charge of that wind-whipped fire and he had to make the hardest decision in his life, which was to pull everybody working the fire out of the building, even though two firefighters were trapped inside…
by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
When you call them, they still come.
On a recent morning, Vikram Gupta scrambled out of a Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad ambulance and took two-at-a-time the stairs of a city home where an elderly man fell in a second-story bedroom.
Behind followed driver Madison Floyd, who grabbed equipment from the ambulance, and Virginia Leavell carrying a backpack heavy with medical supplies…
by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | Articles
TORONTO — Police were dispatched to a home in the U.S. after a six-year-old dialed 911 for her “injured” toy bunny, sparking one of the cutest conversations on the internet.
Fort Collins Police Service in Colorado traced the call to an address to investigate after the youngster, Natalie, hung-up.
In audio released by the police, the girl, her mom and grandmother can be heard explaining the situation to kind-hearted officer Dane.
by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | Articles
Los Alamos Police Department dispatcher Erica Rock, center, graduated Feb. 21 from the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy as Valedictorian for Public Safety Telecommunicator Class 146. Rock’s grade point average was a 99.07. LAPD Chief Sgambellone, right, congratulated her on her achievement. ‘We are very proud of Erica … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | Comm Center News
MUNCIE, Ind. — The City of Muncie will be expanding its EMS service after Delaware County EMS agreed to pull its service from the city limits.
According to a press release from the city, Delaware County EMS will no longer service parts of the city as of April 6, instead focusing all its resources and personnel on calls outside of Muncie. The change will lead to about 10 fewer positions on the DCEMS staff… READ MORE
