by ECC Editor | Jan 17, 2020 | Comm Center News
There have been several laws unsuccessfully proposed to found a single, unified rescue body; many argue that it could have rescued the young couple who drowned in a stuck elevator on January 4.
After two people drowned in a flooded elevator during a disastrous storm in Israel early in January, the idea of a single, unified rescue body has once again surfaced, since the kidnapping of three teenage boys in 2014, which led to Operation Protective Edge.
However, in the time that has passed since the kidnapping until now …
by ECC Editor | Dec 9, 2019 | Comm Center News
BISMARCK, N.D. Dispatchers have a long list of responsibilities. They multi-task several emergency and non-emergency calls. And also keep a streamline of conversation open with agencies.
The job can take a toll on them, even if they knew what it entailed when they chose the career path.
911 is a three-digit phone number that’s programmed in our minds at a young age. In an emergency, first responders run toward threats while others run from it.
Dispatchers sit in a room coordinating it all and often times feel…
by ECC Editor | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Cleveland police dispatcher was fired after being convicted of criminal mischief.
John Haney III, 35, was terminated on Nov. 15.
Haney had been charged with multiple counts of theft, but was convicted of the lesser charge of criminal mischief.
The Cleveland Division of Police, Internal Affairs Unit, started the internal investigation … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 19, 2019 | Articles, Stories
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — A call to 911 could be the most important call of your life, but what do dispatchers need to know when you call?
And what can you do until help arrives?
Dispatchers have to be prepared for anything when the calls come in. “You have no idea what they’re going through, and you hear the screaming and you’re just trying to get an address, something… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Nov 19, 2019 | Comm Center News
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – The Charlotte Fire Department is hiring telecommunicator positions, ahead of the Republican National Convention in 2020.
The postion essentially works as a fire dispatcher. The departments says they’re going to need those positions filled before the end of this year, because they … READ MORE
