by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
Background: Since 2008, dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) has been running in Tehran, Iran. However, there are numerous cases that the emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) did not provide DA-CPR or the bystander refused to perform CPR. The purpose of this study was to survey and identifypossible barriers to bystander resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases…
by ECC Editor | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Thousands of Verizon customers in central and eastern Washington and northeast Oregon were experiencing a service outage Wednesday night.
According to a Verizon outage tracker, 5,458 customers reported a service outage shortly after 9:30 p.m. The site’s outage map showed outages in larger metro areas.
911 services have been restored, according to the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications Center… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
A Newark woman who repeatedly called 9-1-1 dispatchers and verbally abused them was charged with causing a false public alarm, authorities said.
Tahisha M. Bakr, 45, placed numerous calls to dispatchers in Mansfield Township on July 12, after having been previously warned not to call 9-1-1 for non-emergency purposes, police said… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
With summer wildfire season in full swing and more preemptive power shutoffs looming this fall, a report by the Mendocino County Grand Jury urges county officials to ensure its Emergency Communications System will perform as needed.
“The system is experiencing an ever-increasing failure rate causing loss of communication between emergency responders,” states the report from the 2019-2020 Mendocino County Civil Grand Jury titled “The Emergency Communication System in Mendocino County: Protecting Life, Health, Safety and Welfare…
by AllThingsECC.com | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office Communications Center has successfully earned national accreditation — for the first time ever.
This award, secured after months of review and site assessment by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), means the Communications Center is on the path to become one of the best in the country.
by ECC Editor | Aug 13, 2020 | Comm Center News
(KCCR) — The Pierre City Commission has given approval to a request to update the dispatch equipment at the Central South Dakota Communications Center. Pierre Police Chief Jason Jones says the project has been in the works for a while.
Jones says CARES Act funding the city is receiving is helping to fund the upgrades… READ MORE
