“There’s probably a story in each one of those numbers,” said commissioner Bruce Symes during an annual report from communications director Angela Murphy.
And indeed, call statistics to the Allen County Emergency Communications Center over the past year are both fascinating and a bit peculiar.
In total, the center received 100,171 calls in 2019, which is slightly fewer than the 101,319 calls received in 2018… READ MORE
PORT ANGELES – The Community Paramedicine Program run by the Port Angeles Fire Department is gaining financial support after just one year of existence.
[…] “It is sort of a retrospective study on patients that Daniel saw we tracked; how often they had called 9-1-1 and how often they had gone to the emergency room in the six months before they saw Daniel. After that initial meeting with community paramedic, the calls to 9-1-1 dropped by 58% and trips to the emergency department dropped by 68% … READ MORE
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After the deadliest year of homicides in more than 25 years in St. Paul, police there are changing the way they respond to certain kinds of emergency calls.
The Emergency Communications Center will no longer send officers to low priority incidents. It’s part of an ongoing effort to make sure officers are available to respond to higher priority crimes… READ MORE
CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) – Two bills making their way through the Iowa state House and Senate would reclassify 911 dispatchers as first responders in Iowa. Federally, 911 emergency dispatchers are classified as clerical workers.
“We are the first line of communication for people experiencing an emergency. We’re providing those first-aid instructions, we’re providing instructions if someone’s house is on fire, we are the critical link to help save lives and help save property,” Eric Dau, Director of the Clinton County 911 Communications Center… READ MORE
KILLINGLY – State police are searching for the driver of truck who damaged sections of the Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications Center’s recently upgraded parking lot this week.
Troopers on Sunday were called to the 1249 Hartford Pike, East Killingly, home of the emergency dispatch center for a vandalism report. State police said a late 1990s Ford F150 or similar type truck drove into the center’s parking lot and began driving recklessly, doing burnouts and doughnuts… READ MORE
