When an ambulance or a fire truck responds to a call, it might be from another jurisdiction.
Four Rock County fire departments are using technology to dispatch the closest available emergency services vehicle.
The four departments are the City of Beloit, Town of Beloit, City of Janesville, and Milton and Milton Township fire departments.
The technology is a combination of automatic vehicle location (AVL)… READ MORE
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – Operators at 911 centers across southern Arizona are screening calls for possible cases of coronavirus.
The Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed the state’s first case of the illness on Sunday, Jan. 26. The following day, experts offered resources and guidelines from NHTSA Office of EMS for first responders to limit their exposure to coronavirus.
Before those emergency crews respond to a situation, 911 operators will ask some additional questions to people who mention respiratory issues… READ MORE
BELLEFONTE — Centre County Commissioner Mark Higgins has been named one of a select group of 19 leaders across the Pennsylvania to join the 9-1-1 Advisory Board. This board advises PEMA on the administration and operation of 9-1-1 systems in the Commonwealth.
The 9-1-1 Advisory Board meets quarterly in Harrisburg and includes three subcommittees: funding, technical, and operations. A broad variety of items come before the board including broad based planning needed due to changes in state and federal laws, approving grants, reviewing policy, and …READ MORE
WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS IN AN EMERGENCY ISA public safety-controlled network with the ability to efficiently access and share accurate and timely voice and information during all stages of an event in any geographic location with the appropriate resources, interoperability, robust and reliable capacity, based upon the needs of the responders, and with the ability to dynamically scale to changes in the situation. 16This document describes the network architecture for a Canadian public safety broadband communications network expected to operate in the 700 MHz band… READ MORE
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) of Bulacan which holds the operation of Bulacan Recue 566 set to launch the Rescue 911 in the province this 2020.
Officials of PDRRMO undergone an Emegency Telecommunicator Certification Training Course from Rescue 911 of United States of America in which the International Academies of International Dispatch (IAED) prepared module for the participants… READ MORE
